Title: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo Accountability Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo Accountability Act
This bill authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and addresses related issues.
The President may impose sanctions on senior CCP officials who have engaged in or provided support for (1) any malign disinformation campaign or political warfare operation against the United States; (2) the theft of intellectual property belonging to a U.S. individual or entity; (3) actions undermining Taiwan's sovereignty; or (4) restrictions against the practice of religion in China, including the forced closure of any place of worship.
The President must impose sanctions on four named senior CCP officials.
The Department of State must report to Congress on whether any CCP Politburo members meet the criteria for sanctions under various authorities. (The Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee are China's highest decision-making bodies.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3018

To impose sanctions on senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2021

Mrs. Cammack (for herself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. 
 Harshbarger, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Steube, Mrs. Hinson, Ms. Tenney, 
   Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. 
   Babin, Mr. Norman, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Gimenez) 
 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 jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To impose sanctions on senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, 
                        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 ``Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 
Politburo Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to hold members of the 
politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for their 
malign disinformation campaign and political warfare against the United 
States, theft of intellectual property of United States citizens, and 
severe abuses of human rights of the people of China.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE 
              CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

    (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the President is authorized to impose the sanctions described 
in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person who the President 
determines is a senior official of the CCP, including a member of the 
CCP politburo, and has engaged in or provided support to or for--
            (1) a malign disinformation campaign or political warfare 
        operation against the United States;
            (2) the theft of intellectual property of a United States 
        person;
            (3) threats or actions undermining the sovereignty of 
        Taiwan; or
            (4) the forced closure or destruction of churches, mosques, 
        Buddhist temples, or any other place of worship in China, or 
        restricting the religious practice of Christians, Muslims, 
        Buddhists, or any other religious group in China.
    (b) Sanctions Described.--
            (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
        with respect to a foreign person determined by the President to 
        be subject to subsection (a) are the following:
                    (A) Asset blocking.--The President shall exercise 
                of all powers 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 property and interests in 
                property of the foreign person 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.
                    (B) Inadmissibility of certain individuals.--
                            (i) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or 
                        parole.--Such a foreign person 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 receive any other benefit 
                                under the Immigration and Nationality 
                                Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
                            (ii) Current visas revoked.--
                                    (I) In general.--The visa or other 
                                documentation issued to such a foreign 
                                person shall be revoked, regardless of 
                                when such visa or other documentation 
                                is or was issued.
                                    (II) Effect of revocation.--A 
                                revocation under subclause (I) shall--
                                            (aa) take effect 
                                        immediately; and
                                            (bb) automatically cancel 
                                        any other valid visa or entry 
                                        documentation that is in the 
                                        person's possession.
            (2) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections 
        (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person 
        that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 
        causes a violation of regulations promulgated under subsection 
        (e) to implement this section to the same extent that such 
        penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act 
        described in section 206(a) of that Act.
            (3) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
        agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to 
        a foreign person who is an individual if admitting the person 
        into the United States is necessary to permit the United States 
        to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
        United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
        entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
        Nations and the United States, or other applicable 
        international obligations.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis and for one 
period not to exceed one year, waive the application of sanctions 
imposed with respect to a foreign person under this section if the 
President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees not 
later than 15 days before such waiver is to take effect that such 
waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United 
States.
    (d) Termination of Sanctions.--The President may terminate the 
application of sanctions under this section if the President determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 
15 days before the termination takes effect that the President has 
determined that the foreign person no longer is involved in any of the 
activities described in subsection (a).
    (e) Implementation Authority.--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) 
for purposes of carrying out this section.
    (f) Regulatory Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall promulgate 
        regulations as necessary for the implementation of this 
        section.
            (2) Notification to congress.--Not less than 10 days before 
        the promulgation of regulations under paragraph (1), the 
        President shall notify and provide to the appropriate 
        congressional committees the proposed regulations and the 
        provisions of this section that such regulations are 
        implementing.
    (g) Sunset.--
            (1) In general.--This section shall terminate on January 1, 
        2025.
            (2) Inapplicability.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
        respect to sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person 
        under this section before January 1, 2025.
    (h) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Admitted.--The term ``admitted'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(3)).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on the Judiciary, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
                the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate.
            (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a 
        person that is not a United States person.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON 
              MEMBERS OF THE CCP POLITBURO.

    (a) Determination.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a determination, including a detailed 
justification, regarding whether any member of the Chinese Communist 
Party (CCP) Politburo satisfies the criteria for the application of 
sanctions pursuant to any of the following:
            (1) Section 3 of this Act.
            (2) Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        blocking property of certain persons engaged in significant 
        malicious cyber-enabled activities).
            (3) The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
        (enacted as subtitle F of title XII of division A of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017; 22 
        U.S.C. 2656 note).
            (4) The Uyghur Human Rights and Policy Act of 2020 (Public 
        Law 116-145).
            (5) The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 
        (Public Law 116-76).
    (b) Form.--The determination required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
        Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
        Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.

SEC. 5. MANDATORY APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS.

    (a) In General.--No later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 
described in section 3 of this Act with respect to each individual 
specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Individuals and Organizations Described.--The individuals 
specified in this subsection are the following:
            (1) Wu Yingjie.
            (2) Wang Yang.
            (3) Han Zheng.
            (4) Xia Baolong.
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