IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7314 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 28, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress 
a report on the People’s Republic of China’s support 
to the Russian Federation with respect to its unprovoked 
invasion of and full-scale war against Ukraine, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assessing Xi’s Inter-
ference and Subversion Act’’ or ‘‘AXIS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On February 4, 2022, weeks ahead of the 
Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia 
and the People’s Republic of China released a joint 
statement following a meeting between Vladimir 
Putin and Xi Jinping, which outlined a strategic 
partnership with ‘‘no limits’’ and no ‘‘forbidden’’ 
areas for cooperation. 
(2) On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded 
Ukraine in an unprovoked and unjustified act of 
war. 
(3) China abstained from voting on the Feb-
ruary 25, 2022, United Nations Security Council 
resolution and the March 2, 2022, United Nations 
General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s 
invasion of Ukraine. 
(4) As of April 1, 2022, China has not publicly 
condemned Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion 
of Ukraine. 
(5) In his call with Xi Jinping on March 18, 
2022, President Joe Biden communicated that there 
would be ‘‘implications and consequences if China 
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provides material support to Russia as it conducts 
brutal attacks against Ukrainian cities and civil-
ians’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) 
the 
People’s 
Republic 
of 
China’s 
disinformation efforts relating to the Russian Fed-
eration’s war against Ukraine make it culpable in 
whitewashing Russia’s war crimes, which include the 
indiscriminate killing of countless Ukrainian men, 
women, and children; and 
(2) if China is found to be materially sup-
porting Russia in its war against Ukraine, there 
should be swift and stringent consequences for 
China. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days there-
after, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Director of National Intel-
ligence as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on whether and how the 
People’s Republic of China, including the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Communist 
Party, any Chinese state-owned enterprise, and any other 
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Chinese entity, has provided support to the Russian Fed-
eration with respect to its unprovoked invasion of and full- 
scale war against Ukraine. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include a discussion of the 
People’s Republic of China support to the Russian Federa-
tion with respect to— 
(1) helping the Government of Russia or Rus-
sian entities evade or circumvent United States 
sanctions or multilateral sanctions and export con-
trols; 
(2) deliberately inhibiting onsite United States 
Government export control end-use checks, including 
interviews and investigations, in China; 
(3) providing Russia with any technology, in-
cluding semiconductors classified as EAR99, that 
supports Russian intelligence or military capabilities; 
(4) establishing economic or financial arrange-
ments that will have the effect of alleviating the im-
pact of United States sanctions or multilateral sanc-
tions; 
(5) furthering Russia’s disinformation and 
propaganda efforts; 
(6) coordinating to hinder the response of mul-
tilateral organizations, including the United Nations, 
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to provide assistance to the people or Government of 
Ukraine, to condemn Russia’s war, to hold Russia 
accountable for the invasion and its prosecution of 
the war, or to hold those complicit accountable; and 
(7) providing any material, technical, or 
logistical support, including to Russian military or 
intelligence agencies and state-owned or state-linked 
enterprises. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form and published on 
the Department of State’s publicly available website. 
(d) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit the report 
required by subsection (a) shall terminate on the earlier 
of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary of State de-
termines the conflict in Ukraine has ended; or 
(2) the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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