Free Peng Shuai Act
Bill: H.R.6417 | Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike (R-WI)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Free Peng Shuai Act
This bill directs the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any foreign individual associated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who has materially assisted China's government in the disappearance of Peng Shuai, including the president of the IOC. (Peng is a Chinese tennis star who raised allegations of sexual coercion against a retired senior Chinese leader.)
The sanctions shall not apply to acts related to U.S. intelligence activities. The President may waive application of the sanctions if (1) doing so would be in U.S. national security interests, or (2) Peng has been released and may travel freely and her well-being has been independently confirmed by the U.S. government.

To require the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky 
  Human Rights Accountability Act to combat the perpetuation of human 
rights violations in the People's Republic of China by certain members 
    of the International Olympic Committee, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Free Peng Shuai Act''.

SEC. 2. GLOBAL MAGNITSKY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
              INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) OFFICIALS WHO ARE 
              COMPLICIT IN THE PERPETUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN 
              THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and as appropriate thereafter, the President 
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 
each foreign person described in subsection (b) if the President has 
credible evidence that the foreign person has knowingly engaged in any 
of the activities described in section 1263(a)(3) of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 
Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).
    (b) Foreign Persons Described.--A foreign person described in this 
subsection is a foreign person who is--
            (1) President of the International Olympic Committee; or
            (2) any other individual associated with the International 
        Olympic Committee who the President determines has materially 
        assisted the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
        the disappearance of Peng Shuai.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--
            (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
        are the sanctions described in section 1263(b) of the Global 
        Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title 
        XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).
            (2) Exception for intelligence activities.--The requirement 
        to impose sanctions under this section shall not apply with 
        respect to activities subject to the reporting requirements 
        under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        3091 et seq.), or any authorized intelligence activities of the 
        United States.
    (d) Waiver.--The President may waive the imposition of the 
sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person if the 
President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that--
            (1) a waiver is in the national security interests of the 
        United States; or
            (2) Peng Shuai has been released and may travel freely, 
        including internationally, and her well-being has been 
        independently confirmed to the satisfaction of the Government 
        of the United States.
    (e) Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--The President may exercise all 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 carry out this section.
            (2) Exception relating to the importation of goods.--The 
        authorities and requirements to impose sanctions authorized 
        under this Act shall not include the authority or requirement 
        to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
            (3) Good defined.--In this subsection, the term ``good'' 
        means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, 
        supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and test 
        equipment and excluding technical data.
    (f) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or any 
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be 
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 206 of the International 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.
    (g) Report on Implementation.--Not later than 15 days after 
imposing sanctions under subsection (a), the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding measures 
taken to implement this section.
    (h) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence, the Committee on Financial Services, the 
                Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on 
                Intelligence, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
                Urban Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            (2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
        individual or entity that is not a United States person.
            (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent 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, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
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