3.0.0 3509 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z Senate S 2016-12-06 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-12-06T22:03:17Z 2016-12-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2016-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-12-10 False International Affairs Alliances Asia Aviation and airports Bank accounts, deposits, capital Building construction China Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign aid and international relief Foreign and international banking Foreign property Geography and mapping Government information and archives International law and treaties Japan Marine and inland water transportation Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military operations and strategy Navigation, waterways, harbors Pacific Ocean Philippines Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status U.S. and foreign investments Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2016-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-18T18:02:39Z South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2016

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) China cannot be allowed to interfere with the free use of waters and airspace in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, (2) China should not be allowed to pursue illegitimate claims and to militarize an area that is essential to global security, (3) the United States should expand freedom of navigation operations and overflights and respond to Chinese provocations with commensurate actions, and (4) the United States should oppose any unilateral Chinese actions to undermine Japan's control of the Senkaku Islands.

The bill requires the President to impose entry and U.S.-based property sanctions with respect to: (1) any Chinese person that contributes to construction or development projects in areas of the South China Sea contested by one or more members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); (2) any Chinese person that has engaged in actions or policies that threaten the peace or stability of areas of the South China Sea contested by one or more ASEAN members or areas of the East China Sea administered by Japan; and (3) any person that is owned or acting on behalf of such person or that provides such person with financial, material, technological, or other support.

The President shall prohibit the opening in the United States of, and shall prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintaining in the United States of, a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that conducts financial transactions for a sanctioned person if China has taken specified military-related actions concerning the South China Sea or the East China Sea.

The Department of State shall submit a report to Congress identifying each Chinese person that is engaged in sanctioned activities.

The bill prohibits: (1) the provision of foreign assistance, with specified exceptions, to the government of a country that recognizes China's sovereignty over the contested territory or airspace in the South China Sea or the East China Sea; and (2) the Government Publishing Office, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice from taking certain actions that would imply U.S. recognition of China's sovereignty over such territory or airspace.

No U.S. person may take any action to approve, facilitate, finance, or guarantee any investment, or provide insurance or underwriting, in the South China Sea or the East China Sea that involves any sanctioned person.

]]> South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2016 Display Title South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic of China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3509is/xml/BILLS-114s3509is.xml 2016-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.