I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3018 
To impose sanctions on senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2021 
Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself, Mr. BANKS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. 
HARSHBARGER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. HINSON, Ms. 
TENNEY, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. 
CAWTHORN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. TIFFANY, 
and Mr. GIMENEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions on senior officials of the Chinese 
Communist Party, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Communist 
Party (CCP) Politburo Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to hold members 
of the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 
accountable for their malign disinformation campaign and 
political warfare against the United States, theft of intel-
lectual property of United States citizens, and severe 
abuses of human rights of the people of China. 
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SEN-
IOR OFFICIALS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 
PARTY. 
(a) IMPOSITION
OF SANCTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President is authorized to 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re-
spect to any foreign person who the President determines 
is a senior official of the CCP, including a member of the 
CCP politburo, and has engaged in or provided support 
to or for— 
(1) a malign disinformation campaign or polit-
ical warfare operation against the United States; 
(2) the theft of intellectual property of a United 
States person; 
(3) threats or actions undermining the sov-
ereignty of Taiwan; or 
(4) the forced closure or destruction of church-
es, mosques, Buddhist temples, or any other place of 
worship in China, or restricting the religious practice 
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of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, or any other reli-
gious group in China. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection with respect to a foreign person de-
termined by the President to be subject to sub-
section (a) are the following: 
(A) ASSET
BLOCKING.—The President 
shall exercise of all powers granted to the Presi-
dent by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex-
tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in property and interests in property of 
the foreign person if such property and inter-
ests in property are in the United States, come 
within the United States, or are or come within 
the possession or control of a United States 
person. 
(B) INADMISSIBILITY
OF
CERTAIN
INDI-
VIDUALS.— 
(i) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.—Such a foreign person 
is— 
(I) inadmissible to the United 
States; 
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(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 
other documentation to enter the 
United States; and 
(III) otherwise ineligible to be 
admitted or paroled into the United 
States or to receive any other benefit 
under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—The visa or 
other documentation issued to such a 
foreign person shall be revoked, re-
gardless of when such visa or other 
documentation is or was issued. 
(II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 
A revocation under subclause (I) 
shall— 
(aa) take effect immediately; 
and 
(bb) 
automatically 
cancel 
any other valid visa or entry doc-
umentation that is in the per-
son’s possession. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
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national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of regulations promulgated under sub-
section (e) to implement this section to the same ex-
tent that such penalties apply to a person that com-
mits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 
that Act. 
(3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to a foreign 
person who is an individual if admitting the person 
into the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
tions and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case-by-case 
basis and for one period not to exceed one year, waive the 
application of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign 
person under this section if the President certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 
days before such waiver is to take effect that such waiver 
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is vital to the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(d) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec-
tion if the President determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees not later than 15 days be-
fore the termination takes effect that the President has 
determined that the foreign person no longer is involved 
in any of the activities described in subsection (a). 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
(f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall promulgate regulations as necessary for the im-
plementation of this section. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not less 
than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 
under paragraph (1), the President shall notify and 
provide to the appropriate congressional committees 
the proposed regulations and the provisions of this 
section that such regulations are implementing. 
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(g) SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall terminate 
on January 1, 2025. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to sanctions imposed with respect 
to a foreign person under this section before Janu-
ary 1, 2025. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(3) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(3)). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
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(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSI-
TION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 
CCP POLITBURO. 
(a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a determination, including a detailed justification, regard-
ing whether any member of the Chinese Communist Party 
(CCP) Politburo satisfies the criteria for the application 
of sanctions pursuant to any of the following: 
(1) Section 3 of this Act. 
(2) Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 
engaged in significant malicious cyber-enabled activi-
ties). 
(3) The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-
countability Act (enacted as subtitle F of title XII 
of division A of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(4) The Uyghur Human Rights and Policy Act 
of 2020 (Public Law 116–145). 
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(5) The Hong Kong Human Rights and De-
mocracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–76). 
(b) FORM.—The determination required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
contain a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
SEC. 5. MANDATORY APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-
pose the sanctions described in section 3 of this Act with 
respect to each individual specified in subsection (b). 
(b) 
INDIVIDUALS
AND
ORGANIZATIONS
DE-
SCRIBED.—The individuals specified in this subsection are 
the following: 
(1) Wu Yingjie. 
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(2) Wang Yang. 
(3) Han Zheng. 
(4) Xia Baolong. 
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