CCP Visa Disclosure Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8777 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of State to require aliens applying for certain visas to disclose if they receive funds from the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 18, 2020 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. STEWART, and Mr. PERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of State to require aliens applying for certain visas to disclose if they receive funds from the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Com- munist Party, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Communist 4 Party Visa Disclosure Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘CCP Visa Dis- 5 closure Act of 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Nov 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8777.IH H8777 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8777 IH SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE ON CERTAIN VISA APPLICATIONS. 1 (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR F AND M 2 VISAS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en- 3 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 4 shall update Form I–20, or a successor form with respect 5 to eligibility for nonimmigrant student status, to require 6 an alien submitting such form to report— 7 (1) whether the alien has received or plans to 8 receive certain funds; 9 (2) the amount of any certain funds received by 10 the alien; and 11 (3) a description of the entity providing any 12 certain funds to the alien. 13 (b) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR J VISAS.—Not 14 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 15 this Act, the Secretary of State shall update Form DS– 16 2019, or a successor form with respect to eligibility for 17 a exchange visitor status, to require an alien submitting 18 such form to report— 19 (1) whether the alien has received or plans to 20 receive certain funds; 21 (2) the amount of any certain funds received by 22 the alien; and 23 (3) a description of the entity providing any 24 certain funds to the alien. 25 (c) UPDATED DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Nov 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8777.IH H8777 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8777 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—An alien who receives cer- 1 tain funds after receiving a visa under subpara- 2 graphs (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the 3 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 4 1101(a)(15)) shall report to the Secretary of Home- 5 land Security and the Secretary of State the receipt 6 of such funds not more than 90 days after the date 7 on which such funds are received. 8 (2) PROVISIONAL REVOCATION BASED ON FAIL- 9 URE TO COMPLY WITH DISCLOSURE REQUIRE- 10 MENT.—An alien who receives certain funds and 11 does not report such receipt pursuant to paragraph 12 (1) is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry 13 documentation regardless of when the visa or other 14 entry documentation was issued. 15 (d) DISCLOSURE FOR ALIEN SPOUSE AND MINOR 16 CHILDREN.—The disclosure requirements under sub- 17 sections (a) through (c) shall apply to an alien spouse or 18 any minor children applying for or receiving a visa under 19 subparagraphs (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of 20 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21 1101(a)(15)). 22 (e) APPLICABILITY.—Not later than 180 days after 23 the date of the enactment of this Act, an alien, alien 24 spouse, or any minor children who have a valid visa under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Nov 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8777.IH H8777 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8777 IH subparagraphs (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of 1 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 2 1101(a)(15)) on the date of the enactment of this Act, 3 shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security— 4 (1) whether such alien has received or plans to 5 receive certain funds; 6 (2) the amount of any certain funds received by 7 the alien; and 8 (3) a description of the entity providing any 9 certain funds to the alien. 10 (f) CERTAIN FUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, the 11 term ‘‘certain funds’’ includes any amount of money pro- 12 vided to an alien from: 13 (1) the Government of the People’s Republic of 14 China; 15 (2) the Chinese Communist Party; or 16 (3) any entity owned or controlled by the Gov- 17 ernment of the People’s Republic of China or the 18 Chinese Communist Party. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Nov 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8777.IH H8777 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS