I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7590 
To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student 
visas to nationals of certain covered nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2024 
Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic 
and student visas to nationals of certain covered nations. 
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 ‘‘Breaking Beijing’s 
Hold on Campus Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF DIPLO-
MATIC AND STUDENT VISAS. 
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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other persons to report on, any student with a 
family member that resides in a covered nation 
for the purposes of— 
‘‘(i) monitoring whether such student 
is exercising their rights protected under 
the Constitution and laws of the United 
States in a way that the government or 
ruling party of a covered nation opposes; 
or 
‘‘(ii) for suppressing said exercise of 
rights; and 
‘‘(C) will not engage in any other form of 
transnational repression on behalf of any gov-
ernment or ruling party of a covered nation or 
any agent of a covered nation. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE 
OF STUDENT VISA.—An alien who is a national of a 
covered nation may not be accorded status as a non-
immigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of 
section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a certifi-
cation that the alien— 
‘‘(A) will not report on students who are 
nationals of a covered nation to the govern-
ment, the ruling party, or an agent of a covered 
nation, or to any agent or government for the 
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purpose of sharing such information with a gov-
ernment, ruling party, or agent of a covered na-
tion, for that student’s exercise of rights pro-
tected under the Constitution and laws of the 
United States; 
‘‘(B) will not report on any student with a 
family member that resides in a covered nation 
to the government, the ruling party, or an 
agent of that covered nation for that student’s 
exercise of rights protected under the Constitu-
tion and laws of the United States; and 
‘‘(C) will not engage in any other form of 
transnational repression on behalf of a covered 
nation or any agent of a covered nation. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COVERED NATION.—The term ‘cov-
ered nation’ means the People’s Republic of 
China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Re-
public of Iran, or the Democractic People’s Re-
public of Korea. 
‘‘(B) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-
cation’ has the meaning given to it in section 
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001). 
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‘‘(C) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION.—The 
term ‘transnational repression’ means any ac-
tion by a foreign government, a ruling party of 
a foreign country, or any person operating on 
behalf of a government or ruling party of a for-
eign country that meets each of the following 
criteria: 
‘‘(i) The action involves— 
‘‘(I) any effort intended to in-
timidate or coerce a person to take an 
action in the interest of a government 
or ruling party of a foreign country; 
‘‘(II) any effort intended to in-
timidate or coerce a person to take an 
action to prevent that person from ex-
ercising a right protected under the 
Constitution or laws of the United 
States; 
‘‘(III) any effort to engage in an 
extrajudicial killing or abduction to 
prevent that person from exercising a 
right protected under the Constitution 
or laws of the United States; or 
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‘‘(IV) providing support to an ef-
fort described in clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii). 
‘‘(ii) The activity is engaged in for the 
purpose of suppressing dissent against or 
otherwise advancing the interests of a gov-
ernment or ruling party of a foreign coun-
try. 
‘‘(iii) The activity occurs, in whole or 
in part, in the United States and is com-
mitted against a United States person or a 
person in the United States. 
‘‘(4) VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) If the Secretary of State determines, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, that an alien has committed any act 
in violation of a certification made under para-
graph (1) or (2), any status as a nonimmigrant 
accorded to that alien shall be terminated im-
mediately. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary of State determines, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, that any other nonimmigrant who is a 
national of a covered nation has acted as an 
agent of that country and has engaged in any 
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conduct described in clauses (i) through (iii) of 
paragraph (2)(A), any status as a non-
immigrant accorded to that alien shall be termi-
nated immediately.’’. 
SEC. 3. PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall re-
quire any member of a foreign mission (as such term is 
defined in section 202 of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956) of a covered nation (as such term 
is defined in section 214(s)(3) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act) seeking to visit any institution of higher edu-
cation or any other research institution in the United 
States to submit to the Secretary— 
(1) a prior notification of their intent to visit 
said institution; and 
(2) a request for approval to visit said institu-
tion. 
(b) LIMITATION ON APPROVAL.—The Secretary may 
not grant such request for approval before the date that 
is 30 days after an unclassified notification of the request 
to visit is submitted to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on In-
telligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
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a notification of the request is provided to the Secretary 
of Education. 
(c) VISIT DEFINED.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘visit’’ means an individual being present 
on the premises of an institution of higher education, or 
any other research institution in the United States, as well 
as being present on the premises of any facility owned or 
leased by said institutions. 
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