or to engage in efforts of collective bargaining; 
or 
(I) prosecuting, sentencing, or those in-
volved in the continued detention of individuals 
determined by the United Nations Working 
Group on Arbitrary Detention to have been de-
tained arbitrarily. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
of State for each fiscal year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, such funds as may be necessary 
to carry out this section are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section for such fiscal year. 
(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 7. USE OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE FOR SANCTIONS DE-
TERMINATIONS AND REPORTS. 
In making determinations to impose sanctions under 
section 3 and for purposes of preparing and submitting 
reports to Congress under sections 8 and 9, the President 
should use any credible evidence— 
(1) compiled and published by the China 
Human Rights Documentation Center established 
under section 6; 
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(2) compiled and published by the Department 
of State and other appropriate Federal departments 
and agencies; and 
(3) submitted to the President by the chair-
person and ranking member of appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
SEC. 8. REPORTS BY PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees on an 
annual basis a report that includes— 
(A) a list of individuals who are nationals 
of the People’s Republic of China with respect 
to which the President imposed sanctions pur-
suant to section 3 during the calendar year pre-
ceding the submission of the report; 
(B) a description of the type of sanctions 
imposed with respect to each individual; 
(C) the number of individuals with respect 
to which the President imposed sanctions under 
section 3(a) during that year; 
(D) the dates on which such sanctions 
were imposed or terminated, as the case may 
be; 
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(E) the reasons for imposing or termi-
nating such sanctions; and 
(F) a description of the efforts of the 
President to encourage the governments of 
other countries to impose sanctions that are 
similar to the sanctions authorized by section 3. 
(2) DATES FOR SUBMISSION.— 
(A) INITIAL REPORT.—The President shall 
submit the initial report required by this sub-
section not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 
submit each subsequent report required by 
this subsection on December 10, or the 
first day thereafter on which both Houses 
of Congress are in session, of— 
(I) the calendar year in which the 
initial report is submitted if the initial 
report is submitted before December 
10 of such calendar year; and 
(II) each subsequent calendar 
year. 
(ii) CONGRESSIONAL
STATEMENT.— 
Congress notes that December 10 of each 
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calendar year has been recognized in the 
United States and internationally since 
1950 as ‘‘Human Rights Day’’ and thus 
the importance of December 10 of each 
calendar year as the date of submission of 
the subsequent reports required by this 
subsection. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The name of an individual 
who is a national of the People’s Republic of China 
to be included in the list required by subsection 
(a)(1) by reason of the imposition of sanctions pur-
suant to section 3 may be submitted in the classified 
annex authorized by paragraph (1) only if the Presi-
dent— 
(A) determines that it is vital for the na-
tional security interests of the United States to 
do so; and 
(B) uses the annex in a manner consistent 
with congressional intent and the purposes of 
this Act. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The unclassified portion of 
the report required by subsection (a) shall be made 
available to the public, including through publication 
in the Federal Register. 
(2) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
CONFIDENTIALITY 
REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO VISA RECORDS.— 
The President shall publish the list required by sub-
section (a)(1) without regard to the requirements of 
section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to confiden-
tiality of records pertaining to the issuance or re-
fusal of visas or permits to enter the United States. 
SEC. 9. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO CON-
GRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of submission of the initial report to Congress under 
section 8, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of the proc-
ess— 
(A) to determine whether an individual 
who is a national of the People’s Republic of 
China has engaged in an activity described in 
section 3 and whether sanctions under section 
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3 should be imposed with respect to the indi-
vidual; 
(B) to determine whether the identity of 
an individual who is a national of the People’s 
Republic of China with respect to which the 
President has imposed sanctions pursuant to 
section 3 should be classified; and 
(C) whether the inclusion of the identity of 
an individual who is a national of the People’s 
Republic of China in the unclassified version of 
the report has had any noticeable positive bene-
fits in curtailing gross violations of internation-
ally recognized human rights in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(2) An assessment of the implementation of this 
Act. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Comptroller General shall 
consult with the appropriate congressional committees and 
nongovernmental organizations for purposes of preparing 
the report required by subsection (a). 
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