Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6730
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-15
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from receiving an F (academic student) or J (exchange visitor) visa.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>The President may waive these prohibitions by certifying to Congress that the waiver is in the U.S. national interest.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6730 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2022 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Balderson , and Mr. Mast ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make certain members of the Chinese Communist Party ineligible for F or J visas, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2022 . 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.