this Act, the President may impose the sanctions described 
in subsection (b) with respect to any PRC individual the 
President determines is directly managing and overseeing 
the PRC’s global surveillance balloon program. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions that 
may be imposed with respect to a foreign person described 
in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) PROPERTY
BLOCKING.—Notwithstanding 
the requirements of section 202 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), 
the President may exercise of all powers granted to 
the President by that Act to the extent necessary to 
block and prohibit all transactions in all property 
and interests in property of the foreign person if 
such property and interests 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. 
(2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in 
subsection (a) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible for a visa or travel to the 
United States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 
documentation issued to an alien described 
in subsection (a) shall be revoked, regard-
less of when such visa or other documenta-
tion is or was issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A visa 
or other entry documentation revoked 
under clause (i) shall, in accordance with 
section 221(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), no longer 
be valid for travel to the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
AND
NATIONAL
SECURITY
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 
national security activities of the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions
under subsection (b)(3) shall not apply with respect 
to the admission of an alien to the United States if 
the admission of the alien 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, the Convention on Con-
sular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applica-
ble international obligations. 
(d) EXCEPTION RELATING
TO IMPORTATION
OF 
GOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require-
ments to impose sanctions authorized under this sec-
tion shall not include the authority or requirement 
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(2) GOOD
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 
made substance, material, supply or manufactured
product, including inspection and test equipment, 
and excluding technical data. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 17, 2023. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1151 
AN ACT 
To hold the People’s Republic of China accountable 
for the violation of United States airspace and 
sovereignty with its high-altitude surveillance bal-
loon.