STOP CCP Act

Bill: 118-s-4913
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-07-31
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4913 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2024 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of certain organizations of the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sanctioning Tyrannical and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist Party Act or the STOP CCP Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chinese Communist Party, led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, are responsible for— (1) violations of Hong Kong’s autonomy; (2) increased aggression against Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and India; (3) numerous human rights violations against the people of Hong Kong and acts of repression against the people of Tibet; and (4) increased acts of oppression, including the use of forced labor, and genocide against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 3. Imposition of sanctions with respect to members of certain Chinese Communist Party organizations (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to— (1) each foreign person that the President determines engages in conduct described in subsection (b) and is a member of— (A) the Politburo, including the Politburo Standing Committee, of the Chinese Communist Party; (B) the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party; (C) the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party; or (D) any successor organization of an organization specifried in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) in the event that the organization is dissolved; and (2) each foreign person who is an adult family member, including a spouse or an adult family member of the spouse, of a person described in paragraph (1). (b) Sanctionable conduct A person engages in the conduct described by this subsection if the person plays a significant role in the development, approval, or implementation of policies or laws of the Government of the People's Republic of China that the President determines appear designed to— (1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong; (2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased aggression toward Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, or India; or (3) contribute to political oppression or violations of human rights of individuals or societal groups within the People’s Republic of China, including Tibetans and Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. (c) Sanctions described (1) In general The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: (A) Blocking of property The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under 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 a foreign person subject to subsection (a) 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) Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole (i) Visas, admission, or parole An alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, is described in subsection (a) 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 issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1201(i) ), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien described in clause (i) regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued. (II) Effect of revocation A revocation under subclause (I) shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. (2) Exceptions (A) United nations headquarters agreement The sanctions described in paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to the admission or paroling of an alien into the United States if such admission or parole 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. (B) Exception for intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activities Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not apply to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or national security activities of the United States. (d) 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 to carry out this section or the sanctions imposed pursuant to 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. (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 The President shall, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementation of this section. (g) Waiver Subject to subsection (i), the President may, for one or more periods of not more than 60 days each, waive the application of sanctions 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 takes effect, that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States. (h) Sunset of waiver and license authorities The President’s authority to issue waivers or licenses with respect to sanctions required by subsection (a), including pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704), shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (i) Termination of sanctions (1) In general The President may terminate any sanctions imposed under subsection (a) not fewer than 15 days after the date on which the President submits in writing to the appropriate congressional committees, and concurrently publishes on a publicly available website of the Federal Government, a certification that the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party have— (A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, including by verifiably shutting down all internment camps for Uyghurs and ending the practice of facilitating or supporting forced labor and forced sterilization of Uyghurs; (B) ceased all forms of threats, military exercises, and aggression toward Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and India, including through verifiably, and for a period of not less than one year, having not conducted, by any military or intelligence personnel associated with the Chinese Communist Party or the People’s Republic of China, or any agency or instrumentality thereof— (i) any breach of Taiwan’s air space, territorial waters, or land mass; or (ii) any acts violating the territorial integrity of the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, or India; (C) ceased the undermining of the autonomy of Hong Kong, including through respecting the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and reversing all steps taken to interfere with the democratic process and governance of Hong Kong; and (D) ceased efforts to steal the intellectual property of United States persons. (2) Termination of sanctions with respect to specific persons The President may terminate any sanction imposed under subsection (a) with respect to a person not fewer than 15 days after the date on which the President submits in writing to the appropriate congressional committees, and concurrently publishes on a publicly available website of the Federal Government, a certification that the person has— (A) affirmatively renounced membership in the Chinese Communist Party; and (B) taken actionable steps to denounce and remediate the conduct forming the basis for imposition of the sanction. (j) Definitions In this section: (1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; national The terms admission , admitted , alien , lawfully admitted for permanent residence , and national have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 ). (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 an individual or entity that is not a United States person. (4) 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; (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; or (C) any person in the United States.