I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8043 
To impose certain sanctions relating to the People’s Republic of China and 
support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2024 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. 
GOLDEN of Maine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To impose certain sanctions relating to the People’s Republic 
of China and support for the Russian invasion of 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NO LIMITS Act of 
2024’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On September 30, 2022, the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treas-
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ury designated People’s Republic of China entity 
Sinno Electronics Co. Limited (Sinno) for providing 
material support to the defense industrial base of 
the Russian Federation. 
(2) On January 26, 2023, the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 
sanctioned People’s Republic of China entity 
Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Re-
search Institute Co. LTD (Spacety China) for pro-
viding material support to entities of the Russian 
Federation 
involved 
in 
combat 
operations 
in 
Ukraine. 
(3) There is clear and increasing evidence that 
People’s Republic of China entities continue to evade 
United States sanctions to provide material support 
to the defense and military industrial base of the 
Russian Federation. 
(4) Under Executive Order 13959 (85 Fed. 
Reg. 73185; related to addressing the threat from 
securities investments that finance Communist Chi-
nese military companies), the President found that 
the People’s Republic of China ‘‘increases the size of 
the country’s military-industrial complex by compel-
ling civilian Chinese companies to support its mili-
tary and intelligence activities. Those companies, 
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though remaining ostensibly private and civilian, di-
rectly support the PRC’s military, intelligence, and 
security apparatuses and aid in their development 
and modernization.’’. 
(5) Evidence of industrial support for the Rus-
sian Federation by the People’s Republic of China, 
combined with inherent blurred lines between the ci-
vilian versus governmental defense apparatus in the 
People’s Republic of China, requires new authorities 
to protect the national security of the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Russian Federation’s continued invasion of 
Ukraine is directly enabled by the People’s Republic of 
China. It is therefore time for the President to— 
(1) more fully cut off financing avenues for 
People’s Republic of China entities providing mate-
riel support to the defense and related materiel sec-
tor of the economy of the Russian Federation; 
(2) more fully cut off financing avenues for 
People’s Republic of China entities involved in mili-
tary modernization activities; 
(3) impose country-wide export control restric-
tions on dual-use technology exported to the PRC 
over concerns of diversion to the Russian Federa-
tion; and 
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(4) impose sanctions on PRC entities involved 
in the export of weapons and dual-use technology to 
the Russian Federation, including microelectronics, 
aerospace, automobiles, among others. 
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND SUPPORT 
FOR RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent— 
(1) may impose the sanction described in sub-
section (c) with respect to a foreign person the 
President determines— 
(A) is located or headquartered within, or 
is organized under the laws of, the People’s Re-
public of China; and 
(B) operates in the technology sector of 
the economy of the Russian Federation, the de-
fense and related materiel sector of such econ-
omy, or any other sector of such economy as 
may be determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury or the Secretary of State, as the case 
may be; and 
(2) may impose the sanction described in sub-
section (c) with respect to a foreign person the 
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President determines that, in acting for or on behalf 
of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the 
armed forces or intelligence services of the People’s 
Republic of China, is responsible for or engages in— 
(A) malicious cyber-enabled activities; 
(B) the production, or research and devel-
opment, of dual-use technology or defense or re-
lated materiels; or 
(C) facilitating the evasion, circumvention, 
or direct violation of United States export con-
trols or sanctions. 
(b) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA MILITARY COM-
PANIES OPERATING IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—On and 
after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign person 
that— 
(1) has business operations in the Russian Fed-
eration; and 
(2) is— 
(A) a known Chinese military company; or 
(B) a covered exporter of automobiles to 
the Russian Federation. 
(c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanction described in 
this paragraph is the exercise all of the powers 
granted to the President under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) to the extent 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 States, come within the 
United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise the authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 
section. 
(3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to any person who violates, 
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of any prohibition of this section, or an 
order or regulation prescribed under this section, to 
the same extent that such penalties apply to a per-
son that commits an unlawful act described in sub-
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section section 206(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
1705(a)). 
(4) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE AND 
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS.—Sanctions 
under this section shall not apply with respect 
to— 
(i) any activity subject to the report-
ing requirements under title V of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091 et seq.); or 
(ii) any authorized intelligence or law 
enforcement activities of the United States. 
(B) EXCEPTION
RELATING
TO
IMPORTA-
TION OF GOODS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and 
requirements to impose sanctions author-
ized under this section shall not include 
the authority or requirement to impose 
sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(ii) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 
natural or manmade substance, material, 
supply or manufactured product, including 
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inspection and test equipment, and exclud-
ing technical data. 
(d) WAIVERS.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a for-
eign person for renewable periods of not more than 90 
days each if the President determines and reports to Con-
gress that such a waiver is vital to the national interests 
of the United States. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘busi-
ness operations’’ means any participation by any 
person in a commercial enterprise or venture, or 
participation in any association, institution, organi-
zation, or entity, whether of a commercial nature or 
otherwise. This includes the production, distribution, 
exportation, sale of goods, or provision of services, 
regardless of whether a pecuniary benefit or other 
assets are derived from such participation. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any person that is not a United States 
person. 
(3) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
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have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result (as the case may be). 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, an entity orga-
nized under the laws of the United States or any ju-
risdiction within the United States (including a for-
eign branch of such an entity), or any person in the 
United States. 
(6) COVERED EXPORTER OF AUTOMOBILES.— 
The term ‘‘covered exporter of automobiles’’ means 
any of the following persons: 
(A) Chery International. 
(B) Haval. 
(C) Great Wall Motors. 
(D) Changan International. 
(E) Chery Automobile. 
(F) any subsidiary, affiliate, or successor 
of the entities in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 
(D), or (E). 
(7) KNOWN
CHINESE
MILITARY
COMPANY.— 
The term ‘‘known Chinese military company’’ means 
any of the following persons: 
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(A) Aviation Industry Corporation of 
China Ltd (AVIC). 
(B) 360 Security Technology Inc. (Qihoo 
360). 
(C) Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equip-
ment Inc. China (AMEC). 
(D) Aerospace CH UAV Co., Ltd (S– 
SEA). 
(E) Beijing Megvii Technology Co., Ltd. 
(Megvii). 
(F) BGI Genomics Co. Ltd. (BGI). 
(G) MGI Co. Ltd. (MGI). 
(F) China Aerospace Science and Industry 
Corporation Limited (CASIC). 
(G) China Electronics Corporation (CEC). 
(H) China Construction Technology Co. 
Ltd (CCTC). 
(I) China Communications Construction 
Group (CCCG). 
(J) China Construction Technology Co. 
Ltd (CCTC). 
(K) China Electronics Technology Group 
Corporation (CETC). 
(L) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Tech-
nology Co. Ltd (Hikvision). 
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(M) China General Nuclear Power Cor-
poration (CGN). 
(N) China Mobile Communications Group 
Co. Ltd. (China Mobile Comm). 
(O) China National Chemical Corporation 
(ChemChina). 
(P) China National Offshore Oil Corpora-
tion (CNOOC). 
(Q) China National Nuclear Corporation 
(CNNC). 
(R) China Railway Construction Corpora-
tion Limited (CRCC). 
(S) China South Industries Group Cor-
poration (CRCC). 
(T) China State Construction Engineering 
Corporation Limited (CSCEC). 
(U) China State Shipbuilding Corporation 
Limited (CSSC). 
(V) China Telecom Group Co, Ltd. (China 
Telecom). 
(W) China Three Gorges Corporation 
(CTG). 
(X) China United Network Communica-
tions Group Co. Ltd (China Unicom). 
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(Y) 
CloudWalk 
Technology 
Co. 
Ltd 
(CloudWalk). 
(Z) Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd 
(Sugon). 
(AA) Hesai Technology Co. Ltd (Hesai). 
(BB) 
Huawei 
Technologies 
Co. 
Ltd 
(Huawei). 
(CC) Inspur Group Partners Co. Ltd (IDG 
Capital). 
(DD) Semiconductor Manufacturing Inter-
national Corporation (SMIC). 
(EE) Shenzhen DJI Innovation Tech-
nology Co. Ltd (DJI). 
(FF) Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., 
Ltd. (YMTC). 
(GG) Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd 
(Dahua). 
(HH) AVIC Senyang Aircraft Co., Ltd. 
(II) Autel Robotics Co. Ltd (Autel). 
(JJ) AVIC Heavy Machinery Company 
Limited. 
(KK) AVIC Xi’An Aircraft Industry Group 
Company Ltd. 
(LL) 
ChangXin 
Memory 
Technologies 
(CXMT). 
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(MM) Dahua Technology. 
(NN) Zhejiang Uniview Technologies. 
(OO) Guizhou Guihang Automotive Com-
ponents Co., Ltd. 
(PP) Changying Xinzhi Technology Co., 
Ltd. 
(QQ) Sichuan Northern Nitrocellulose Co., 
Ltd. 
(RR) Northern Chemistry Industry Co., 
Ltd. 
(SS) Any subsidiary, affiliate, or successor 
of entities in subparagraphs (A) through (RR). 
(f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit the authority of the Presi-
dent to designate or sanction persons pursuant to an ap-
plicable Executive order or otherwise pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONS ON ARMS MANU-
FACTURERS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA ENGAGED IN OVERSEAS WEAPONS 
SALES. 
(a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
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and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a determination of wheth-
er, for each covered person, that covered person meets the 
criteria for the imposition of the sanction described in sec-
tion 3(c). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
and the Select Committee on the Strategic 
Competition Between the United States and the 
Chinese Communist Party of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on In-
telligence of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
PERSON.—The term ‘‘covered 
person’’ means any of the following persons: 
(A) China North Industries Group Cor-
poration. 
(B) Aviation Industry Corporation of 
China. 
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(C) China Electronics Technology Group 
Corporation. 
(D) China South Industries Group Cor-
poration. 
(E) China Aerospace Science and Industry 
Corporation. 
(F) China General Nuclear Power Group. 
(G) China National Nuclear Corporation. 
(H) China State Shipbuilding Corporation. 
SEC. 5. CLASSIFYING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
AT HIGH RISK OF FACILITATING DIVERSION 
OF UNITED STATES TECHNOLOGY TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1754 of the Export Con-
trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 
(f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ANTI-DIVERSION CONTROLS RELATING TO THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A license shall be required 
for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of 
items described in paragraph (2), the control of 
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which is implemented pursuant to subsection (a) by 
the Secretary, to— 
‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China; or 
‘‘(B) any other foreign country the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, determines is facilitating the 
diversion of technology or defense-related mate-
rials that are contributing materially to the 
ability of the Government of Russia to under-
take military action in Ukraine. 
‘‘(2) ITEMS DESCRIBED.—The items described 
in this paragraph— 
‘‘(A) are items that the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Sec-
retary of Energy, determines could make a con-
tribution to the military potential or logistical 
capability of the Russian Federation and are at 
risk of diversion to the Russian Federation or 
affiliates through the People’s Republic of 
China; and 
‘‘(B) items that directly or indirectly relate 
to— 
‘‘(i) semiconductors; 
‘‘(ii) sensors and lasers; 
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‘‘(iii) aviation and propulsion; 
‘‘(iv) materials processing; or 
‘‘(v) other technologies, as defined by 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Secretary of En-
ergy. 
‘‘(3) REBUTTABLE
PRESUMPTION.—The Sec-
retary shall deny a license described in paragraph 
(1) for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of 
an item described in paragraph (2) unless the person 
seeking to export the item submits to the Secretary 
such documentation as the Secretary may reasonably 
require that demonstrates by clear and convincing 
evidence that the export of the item will not pose a 
threat to the national security of the United States. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS
OF
LICENSING
REQUIRE-
MENTS
TO
SUBSIDIARIES.—Any licensing require-
ment applied to a PRC or Russian entity by reason 
of the entity being included on the entity list shall 
also apply to any subsidiary or other entity over 
which the listed entity has control.’’. 
SEC. 6. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
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retary of Defense, and the Secretary of State, shall issue 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
Æ 
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