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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6484 
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to the People’s Republic 
of China if the People’s Liberation Army initiates a military invasion 
of Taiwan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2022 
Mr. GALLAGHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Finan-
cial Services, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to the 
People’s Republic of China if the People’s Liberation 
Army initiates a military invasion of Taiwan, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Sanctions Targeting Aggressors of Neighboring Democ-
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racies with Taiwan Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘STAND with 
Taiwan Act of 2022’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 4. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 5. Definitions. 
Sec. 6. Determination of the initiation of a military invasion by the People’s 
Liberation Army or its proxies. 
Sec. 7. Imposition of sanctions with respect to members of the Chinese Com-
munist Party. 
Sec. 8. Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions affiliated 
with the Chinese Communist Party. 
Sec. 9. Imposition of sanctions with respect to entities owned by or affiliated 
with the Chinese Communist Party. 
Sec. 10. Prohibition on transfers of funds involving the People’s Republic of 
China. 
Sec. 11. Prohibition on listing or trading of Chinese entities on United States 
securities exchanges. 
Sec. 12. Prohibition on investments by United States financial institutions that 
benefit the Chinese Communist Party. 
Sec. 13. Prohibition on importation of certain goods made in the People’s Re-
public of China. 
Sec. 14. Exceptions; waiver. 
Sec. 15. Implementation; penalties. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy 
of nearly 24,000,000 people, an important contrib-
utor to peace and stability around the world, and 
continues to embody and promote democratic values, 
freedom, and human rights in Asia. 
(2) The policy of the United States toward Tai-
wan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (22 
U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the United States-People’s Re-
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public of China joint communique´s concluded in 
1972, 1978, and 1982, and the Six Assurances that 
President Ronald Reagan communicated to Taiwan 
in 1982. 
(3) Under section 2 of the Taiwan Relations 
Act (22 U.S.C. 3301), it is the policy of the United 
States— 
(A) ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, 
close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and 
other relations between the people of the United 
States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the 
people on the China mainland and all other peo-
ples of the Western Pacific area’’; 
(B) ‘‘to declare that peace and stability in 
the area are in the political, security, and eco-
nomic interests of the United States, and are 
matters of international concern’’; 
(C) ‘‘to make clear that the United States 
decision to establish diplomatic relations with 
the People’s Republic of China rests upon the 
expectation that the future of Taiwan will be 
determined by peaceful means’’; 
(D) ‘‘to consider any effort to determine 
the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful 
means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a 
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