Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.6730 | Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky (R-MO)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2022
This bill prohibits certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from receiving an F (academic student) or J (exchange visitor) visa.
Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to any CCP member who has served in any position in the CCP since this bill's enactment. The prohibition shall also apply to a spouse, child, parent, sibling, or grandchild of such an individual.
The President may waive these prohibitions by certifying to Congress that the waiver is in the U.S. national interest.

To make certain members of the Chinese Communist Party ineligible for F 
                  or J visas, 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 ``Protecting Higher Education from the 
Chinese Communist Party Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN VISAS OF MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE 
              COMMUNIST PARTY.

    (a) Grounds for Exclusion.--An alien may not be accorded status or 
receive a visa under subparagraph (F) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) if the alien 
is a person who is, as of the date of enactment of this Act or at any 
time thereafter--
            (1) a member of the Chinese Communist Party (hereinafter 
        referred to as the ``CCP'') who has served on the National 
        Congress of the Chinese Communist Party or other position, 
        including--
                    (A) General Secretary of the CCP;
                    (B) a member of the Secretariat of the CCP;
                    (C) a member of the Political Bureau Standing 
                Committee;
                    (D) a member of the Political Bureau of the CCP 
                Central Committee;
                    (E) a member of the CCP Central Committee;
                    (F) a member of the Central Military Commission;
                    (G) a member of the Central Commission for 
                Discipline Inspection; or
                    (H) a member of the National People's Congress; or
            (2) a family member of a person described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Family Member.--For purposes of this section, the term ``family 
member'' means, with respect to a person, that person's spouse, child, 
parent, sibling, or grandchild.
    (c) Exception To Comply With United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual if 
admitting the individual to the United States is necessary to permit 
the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United 
Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of 
the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
November 21, 1947, and other applicable international obligations.
    (d) National Security Waiver.--The President, or a designee of the 
President, may waive the application of subsection (a) if the President 
or such designee certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 
committees that such waiver is in the national security interest of the 
United States.
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