STOP CCP Act

IIB 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3334 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 12, 2024 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations AN ACT To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of the National Communist Party Congress of the People’s Republic of China, 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 HR 3334 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctioning Tyrannical 2 and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist 3 Party Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP CCP Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5 Congress finds the following: 6 (1) The Hong Kong National Security Law pro- 7 mulgated on July 1, 2020— 8 (A) contravenes the Basic Law of the 9 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that 10 provides in Article 23 that the Legislative 11 Council of Hong Kong shall enact legislation re- 12 lated to national security; 13 (B) violates the People’s Republic of Chi- 14 na’s commitments under international law, as 15 defined by the Joint Declaration; and 16 (C) causes severe and irreparable damage 17 to the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ principle and 18 further erodes global confidence in the People’s 19 Republic of China’s commitment to inter- 20 national law. 21 (2) Repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in 22 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the 23 People’s Republic of China has been ongoing, and 24 was formalized with the ‘‘Strike Hard Campaign 25 against Violent Terrorism’’ that began in 2014. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 HR 3334 RFS (3) The mass internment of Uyghur and other 1 Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur 2 Autonomous Region has been ongoing since April 3 2017. 4 (4) The People’s Republic of China has con- 5 ducted a targeted and systemic population-control 6 campaign against ethnic and religious minorities in 7 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by impos- 8 ing and implementing coercive population-control 9 practices, including selectively enforcing birth 10 quotas, targeting minority women who are in non- 11 compliance with birth quotas, and subjecting women 12 to coercive measures such as forced birth control, 13 forced sterilization, and forced abortion. 14 (5) On October 6, 2020, 39 countries delivered 15 a cross-regional joint statement to the United States 16 Mission to the United Nations on the human rights 17 abuses on Uyghurs and other minorities for forced 18 birth control including sterilization. 19 (6) On January 19, 2021, the Department of 20 State determined that the People’s Republic of 21 China committed crimes against humanity and geno- 22 cide against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious 23 minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono- 24 mous Region, citing forced sterilizations, forced 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 HR 3334 RFS abortions, coerced marriages, and separation of 1 Uyghur children from their families. 2 (7) The Department of State’s 2020 Country 3 Reports on Human Rights Practices affirmed the 4 genocide determination and noted coercive popu- 5 lation control measures inflicted on ethnic and reli- 6 gious minority women in China, including forced in- 7 jections with ‘‘drugs that cause temporary or perma- 8 nent end to their menstrual cycles and fertility’’. 9 (8) The United States ratified the United Na- 10 tions Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 11 of Genocide in 1988, recognizing that ‘‘imposing 12 measures intended to prevent births within the 13 group’’ with intent to destroy a group in whole or 14 part is an act that constitutes genocide. 15 (9) Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy 16 of nearly 24,000,000 people and an important con- 17 tributor to peace and stability around the world. 18 (10) Section 2(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act 19 (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301(b)) states that it 20 is the policy of the United States— 21 (A) ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, 22 close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and 23 other relations between the people of the United 24 States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 HR 3334 RFS people on the China mainland and all other peo- 1 ples of the Western Pacific area’’; 2 (B) ‘‘to declare that peace and stability in 3 the area are in the political, security, and eco- 4 nomic interests of the United States, and are 5 matters of international concern’’; 6 (C) ‘‘to make clear that the United States 7 decision to establish diplomatic relations with 8 the People’s Republic of China rests upon the 9 expectation that the future of Taiwan will be 10 determined by peaceful means’’; 11 (D) ‘‘to consider any effort to determine 12 the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful 13 means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a 14 threat to the peace and security of the Western 15 Pacific area and of grave concern to the United 16 States’’; 17 (E) ‘‘to provide Taiwan with arms of a de- 18 fensive character’’; and 19 (F) ‘‘to maintain the capacity of the 20 United States to resist any resort to force or 21 other forms of coercion that would jeopardize 22 the security, or the social or economic system, 23 of the people on Taiwan’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 HR 3334 RFS (11) Since the election of President Tsai Ing- 1 wen as President of Taiwan in 2016, the Govern- 2 ment of the People’s Republic of China has intensi- 3 fied its efforts to pressure Taiwan through diplo- 4 matic isolation and military provocations. 5 (12) The rapid modernization of the People’s 6 Liberation Army and recent military maneuvers in 7 and around the Taiwan Strait illustrate a clear 8 threat to Taiwan’s security. 9 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 10 It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chi- 11 nese Communist Party, led by General Secretary Xi 12 Jinping, are responsible for violations of Hong Kong’s au- 13 tonomy, increased aggression against the people of Tai- 14 wan, numerous human rights violations against the people 15 of Hong Kong and the people of Taiwan, and acts of re- 16 pression and genocide against Uyghur Muslims in the 17 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 18 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 19 CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COM- 20 MUNIST PARTY. 21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 22 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im- 23 pose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect 24 to— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 HR 3334 RFS (1) each person who is a member of the Central 1 Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, includ- 2 ing alternate members thereof, that the President 3 determines engages in the conduct described in sub- 4 section (b); 5 (2) each person who is a member of any suc- 6 cessor organization of the Central Committee of the 7 Chinese Communist Party that the President deter- 8 mines engages in the conduct described in subsection 9 (b), in the event that the Central Committee is dis- 10 solved; 11 (3) each person who is an adult family member, 12 including a spouse or an adult family member of the 13 spouse, of a person described in paragraph (1) or 14 paragraph (2); and 15 (4) each person the President determines is a 16 Chinese state-owned enterprise— 17 (A) illegally manufacturing or distributing 18 fentanyl; or 19 (B) knowingly or intentionally manufac- 20 turing or distributing fentanyl precursor chemi- 21 cals to be used in the illegal production or dis- 22 tribution of fentanyl. 23 (b) SANCTIONABLE CONDUCT.—A person engages in 24 the conduct described by this subsection if the person 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 HR 3334 RFS plays a significant role in the development or implementa- 1 tion of government policies or laws that the President de- 2 termines appear designed to— 3 (1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong; 4 (2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased ag- 5 gression towards the people of Taiwan; 6 (3) contribute to political oppression or viola- 7 tion of human rights of individuals or societal 8 groups within the People’s Republic of China, in- 9 cluding Uyghur Muslims; or 10 (4) willfully and knowingly engage in malicious 11 activities, including online disinformation campaigns 12 and propaganda, for the purpose of interfering with 13 United States Federal, State, or local elections. 14 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 16 this subsection are the following: 17 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi- 18 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 19 the President under the International Emer- 20 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 21 seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro- 22 hibit all transactions in property and interests 23 in property of the person if such property and 24 interests in property are in the United States, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 HR 3334 RFS come within the United States, or are or come 1 within the possession or control of a United 2 States person. 3 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD- 4 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 5 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 6 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 7 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des- 8 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 9 has reason to believe, is described in sub- 10 section (a) is— 11 (I) inadmissible to the United 12 States; 13 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 14 other documentation to enter the 15 United States; and 16 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 17 admitted or paroled into the United 18 States or to receive any other benefit 19 under the Immigration and Nation- 20 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 21 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 22 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 23 consular officer, the Secretary of 24 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 HR 3334 RFS Security (or a designee of one of such 1 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 2 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 3 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 4 revoke any visa or other entry docu- 5 mentation issued to an alien described 6 in clause (i) regardless of when the 7 visa or other entry documentation is 8 issued. 9 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 10 A revocation under subclause (I) shall 11 take effect immediately and shall 12 automatically cancel any other valid 13 visa or entry documentation that is in 14 the alien’s possession. 15 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 16 (A) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 17 AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described in para- 18 graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an 19 alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 20 United States is necessary to permit the United 21 States to comply with the Agreement regarding 22 the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 23 at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 24 into force November 21, 1947, between the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 HR 3334 RFS United Nations and the United States, or other 1 applicable international obligations. 2 (B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW 3 ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC- 4 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 5 not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en- 6 forcement, or national security activities of the 7 United States. 8 (d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub- 9 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 10 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 11 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con- 12 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro- 13 mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im- 14 posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 15 such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 16 act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 17 (e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 18 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 19 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer- 20 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 21 for purposes of carrying out this section. 22 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 23 not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3334.RFS H3334 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 HR 3334 RFS of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 1 implementation of this section. 2 (g) WAIVER.—The President may, for one or more 3 periods of not more than 60 days each, waive the applica- 4 tion of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to 5 a foreign person under this section if the President cer- 6 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 7 later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that 8 the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the 9 United States. 10 (h) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate 11 any sanctions imposed under subsection (a) not fewer than 12 15 days after the date on which the President provides 13 a written certification to the appropriate congressional 14 committees, and concurrently publishes on a publicly avail- 15 able website of the Federal Government, that— 16 (1) the People’s Republic of China and the Chi- 17 nese Communist Party have— 18 (A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghur 19 Muslim population, including verifiably shutting 20 down all internment camps of Uyghurs and 21 ending the practice of facilitating or supporting 22 Uyghur forced labor and forced sterilization; 23 (B) ceased all forms of oppression of the 24 Tibetan people, including those sig [Text truncated for display. 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