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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6447 
To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 
the economy of the People’s Republic of China in which the person 
has engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property 
of a United States person, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. KENNEDY of Utah 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 sanctions with respect to persons that operate 
in a sector of the economy of the People’s Republic 
of China in which the person has engaged in a pattern 
of significant theft of the intellectual property of a 
United States person, 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 ‘‘Combatting China’s 
Pilfering of Intellectual Property Act’’ or the ‘‘CCP IP 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE 
THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to each 
person described in subsection (c) that the President de-
termines, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
operates in a sector of the economy of the People’s Repub-
lic of China in which the person— 
(1) has engaged in a pattern of significant theft 
of the intellectual property of a United States per-
son; or 
(2) has received the intellectual property of a 
United States person through a pattern of signifi-
cant theft engaged in by other persons. 
(b) SANCTIONS IMPOSED.—The sanctions described 
in this subsection are the following: 
(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow-
ers granted to the President by the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a person described in subsection (a) 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. 
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(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien described in subsection (a) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter 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 issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to an alien who the 
Secretary of State or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security (or a designee of one of 
such Secretaries) determines is described 
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in subsection (a), regardless of when the 
visa or other documentation is issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 
immediately and shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(c) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 
this subsection is one of the following: 
(1) An individual who— 
(A) is a national of the People’s Republic 
of China or acting at the direction of a national 
of the People’s Republic of China or an entity 
described in paragraph (2); and 
(B) is not a United States person. 
(2) An entity that is— 
(A) organized under the laws of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China or of any jurisdiction 
within the People’s Republic of China; 
(B) owned or controlled by individuals who 
are nationals of the People’s Republic of China; 
or 
(C) owned or controlled by an entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that is not a 
United States person. 
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(d) PENALTIES; IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-
cense, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency 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. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided to the President under 
sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704) for purposes of carrying out this section. 
(e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the imposi-
tion of sanctions under subsection (a) on a case-by-case 
basis with respect to a person if the President— 
(1) certifies to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the Senate that such waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States; and 
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(2) includes a justification for such certifi-
cation. 
(f) TERMINATION
OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate sanctions imposed under subsection (a) 
with respect to a person if the President certifies to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate that such person is no longer engaging in efforts to 
steal intellectual property of United States persons. 
(g) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report that specifies each person 
the President determines meets the criteria described in 
subsection (a) for the imposition of sanctions. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
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(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States. 
SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary of State may not 
issue a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall deny entry to the United States of, each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Senior officials in the Chinese Communist 
Party, including the Politburo, the Central Com-
mittee, and each delegate to the 20th National Con-
gress of the Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) The spouses and children of the senior offi-
cials described in paragraph (1). 
(3) Members of the cabinet of the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China. 
(4) Active duty members of the People’s Libera-
tion Army of China. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The restriction under sub-
section (a) shall not apply for any year in which the Presi-
dent certifies to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi-
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ciary of the Senate that the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China has ceased sponsoring, funding, facili-
tating, and actively working to support efforts to infringe 
on the intellectual property rights of citizens and entities 
of the United States. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to Congress a report that— 
(1) details the efficacy of visa screening mecha-
nisms to mitigate intellectual property theft by the 
People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) includes a list of research institutions asso-
ciated with the People’s Liberation Army and the 
Ministry of State Security of the People’s Republic 
of China. 
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