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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5209 
To impose export controls and sanctions to address the security threat posed 
by the genetic mapping efforts of the Government of the People’s Repub-
lic of China and other countries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 15, 2023 
Mr. DUNN of Florida 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose export controls and sanctions to address the secu-
rity threat posed by the genetic mapping efforts of the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China and other 
countries, 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 ‘‘Stopping Genetic Mon-
itoring by China Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 
‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) COMMERCE
CONTROL
LIST.—The term 
‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means the list maintained 
by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the De-
partment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 
No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration 
Regulations. 
(3) COVERED
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means any of the following: 
(A) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 
(B) Democratic People’s Republic of North 
Korea. 
(C) The People’s Republic of China. 
(D) The Russian Federation. 
(E) The Republic of Cuba. 
(F) The Maduro Regime of Venezuela. 
(G) The Syrian Arab Republic. 
(H) Any other country the government of 
which is determined by the Secretary of State 
to be a foreign adversary (as defined in section 
8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communica-
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tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 
1607(c))). 
(4) ENTITY
LIST.—The term ‘‘Entity List’’ 
means the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry 
and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 
part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations. 
(5) EXPORT; EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGU-
LATIONS; IN-COUNTRY TRANSFER; REEXPORT.—The 
terms ‘‘export’’, ‘‘Export Administration Regula-
tions’’, ‘‘in-country transfer’’, and ‘‘reexport’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 1742 of 
the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4801). 
SEC. 3. CONTROL OF EXPORTS OF GENETIC COLLECTION 
AND ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY TO CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the heads of the agencies 
that are represented on the End-User Review Committee 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services— 
(1) add technology described in subsection (b) 
to the Commerce Control List; and 
(2) deny any license required for the export, re-
export, or in-country transfer to or in a covered 
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country of any such technology, unless the person 
seeking the license submits to the Committee such 
documentation as the Secretary of State may rea-
sonably require to demonstrate by clear and con-
vincing evidence that, if the license is approved, the 
technology will not be used for human rights abuses 
or by an entity that has engaged in human rights 
abuses. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY
DESCRIBED.—Technology de-
scribed in this subsection is technology identified by the 
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, or the Secretary of Energy as genetic instruments, 
including— 
(1) Next Generation and Sanger Generation ge-
netic sequencers; 
(2) genetic sequencing kits and reagents; 
(3) genetic testing and sampling kits (including 
forensic DNA testing kits); 
(4) related laboratory instruments; 
(5) any instrument-specific software— 
(A) relating to genetic testing, genetic 
mapping, genetic sequencing, genetic analysis 
and editing, or any technology described in any 
of paragraphs (1) through (4); and 
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(B) included, on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, under the definition 
of crime control and detection instruments 
under section 742.7 of the Export Administra-
tion Regulations; or 
(6) any other related genetic technology that 
could enable human rights abuses, as identified by 
the head of any agency represented on the End-User 
Review Committee, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services. 
(c) END-USER REVIEW COMMITTEE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘End-User Review Committee’’ 
means— 
(1) the End-User Review Committee established 
under section 744.16(d) of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations; or 
(2) any successor committee. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRO-
VISION OF GENETIC MONITORING TECH-
NOLOGY TO COVERED COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
as appropriate thereafter, the President shall— 
(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection 
(b) with respect to each foreign person that the Sec-
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retary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, determines— 
(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or 
has directly or indirectly engaged in, gross vio-
lations of internationally recognized human 
rights; 
(B) has provided, is providing, or poses a 
significant risk of providing, to an entity in a 
covered country genetic sampling and analysis 
technology that could directly or indirectly en-
able gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services; 
(C) conducts genetic sampling and analysis 
and is located in, has headquarters in, or is or-
ganized under the laws of, a covered country, 
including— 
(i) any entity placed on the Entity 
List for human rights abuses directly or 
indirectly related to genetic monitoring ef-
forts, including— 
(I) the Institute of Forensic 
Science; 
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(II) CloudWalk Technology; 
(III) 
FiberHome 
Technologies 
Group; 
(IV) Forensic Genomics Inter-
national; 
(V) the Chinese Academy of Mili-
tary Medical Sciences; 
(VI) the Chinese Academy of 
Sciences; and 
(VII) BGI Group; 
(ii) national key labs and other state- 
affiliated research institutes providing ge-
netic sampling and analysis technology for 
public security purposes; 
(iii) any college or university in the 
People’s Republic of China that is deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense to be 
involved in genetic monitoring and human 
rights abuses, including— 
(I) any college or university in 
the People’s Republic of China that 
conducts genetic research or hosts 
dedicated security and monitoring ini-
tiatives or laboratories, including such 
a college or university designated 
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under the ‘‘double first-class univer-
sity plan’’; and 
(II) any college or university in 
the People’s Republic of China that 
conducts research or hosts dedicated 
initiatives or laboratories for any se-
curity entity of the People’s Republic 
of China, including the People’s Lib-
eration Army, the People’s Armed Po-
lice, the Ministry of Public Security, 
and the Ministry of State Security; 
(iv) any enterprise for which the ma-
jority shareholder or ultimate parent entity 
is the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China at any level of that government; 
(v) any privately owned company in 
the People’s Republic of China that has— 
(I) a history of subcontracting 
for the People’s Liberation Army, the 
People’s Armed Police, the Ministry of 
Public Security, the Ministry of State 
Security, or any affiliate of any such 
entity; or 
(II) an owner, director, or senior 
management official who has served 
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as a delegate to the National People’s 
Congress, a member of the Chinese 
People’s Political Consultative Con-
ference, or a member of the Central 
Committee of the Chinese Communist 
Party; and 
(vi) any subsidiary, successor, or alias 
of an entity described in any of clauses (i) 
through (v); or 
(D) owns or controls, is owned or con-
trolled by, or is under common ownership or 
control with, an entity described in subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C); and 
(2) impose the sanctions described in subsection 
(c) with respect to each alien the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
determines is a corporate officer of an entity de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(b) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—The sanctions described 
in this subsection are the exercise of all of the powers 
granted to the President by the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex-
tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
property and interests in property of a foreign person if 
such property or interests in property are in the United 
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States, come within the United States, or are or come 
within the possession or control of a United States person. 
(c) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER-
SONS.— 
(1) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien 
described in subsection (a)(2) shall be— 
(A) inadmissible to the United States; 
(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc-
umentation to enter the United States; and 
(C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 
paroled into the United States or to receive any 
other benefit under the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other entry 
documentation of any alien described in para-
graph (1) is subject to revocation regardless of 
the date on which the visa or other entry docu-
mentation is or was issued. 
(B) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revocation 
under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) take effect immediately; and 
(ii) cancel any other valid visa or 
entry documentation that is in the posses-
sion of the alien. 
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(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President shall ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall issue such regula-
tions, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry 
out this section. 
(3) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 
or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be 
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 
same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(e) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION
FOR
INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 
under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
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(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-
ligence activities of the United States. 
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS HEAD-
QUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Subsection (c) shall not 
apply with respect to the admission of an alien to 
the United States if such admission is necessary to 
permit the United States to comply with the Agree-
ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na-
tions, signed at Lake Success, June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force, November 21, 1947, between the 
United Nations and the United States. 
(3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re-
quirements to impose sanctions authorized 
under this section shall not include the author-
ity or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 
importation of goods. 
(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 
manmade substance, material, supply, or manu-
factured product, including inspection and test 
equipment, and excluding technical data. 
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