3.0.0 2386 2022-11-01T13:50:12Z 2022-11-01T13:50:12Z Senate S 2019-07-31 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-31T19:37:06Z 2019-07-31 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-07-31 True International Affairs Asia China Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Foreign and international corporations Foreign property Genetics Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Photography and imaging Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sanctions Securities Technology transfer and commercialization Telephone and wireless communication Trade restrictions War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2019-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-01T14:47:31Z Targeting Invasive Autocratic Networks, And Necessary Mandatory Export Notifications Act of 2019 or the TIANANMEN Act of 2019

This bill imposes sanctions on foreign entities related to surveillance in China's Xinjiang province.

The President shall (1) report to Congress a list of foreign entities that provide the Chinese government with technology to conduct surveillance in Xinjiang; and (2) consider whether specified entities, such as China Communications Services Co. Ltd., should be on the list. Entities on the list shall be subject to Bureau of Industry and Security export licensing requirements. Such entities, and any corporate officer or primary shareholder, shall be subject to property-blocking sanctions.

The Department of Commerce may not remove Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (or any subsidiaries or affiliates) from the President's list until the President certifies that Huawei (1) is not involved in activities contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests, and (2) does not conduct or facilitate Chinese government surveillance in Xinjiang.

U.S. entities that conduct transactions with entities on the President's list shall disclose such transactions to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

]]> TIANANMEN Act of 2019 Display Title TIANANMEN Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced TIANANMEN Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Targeting Invasive Autocratic Networks, And Necessary Mandatory Export Notifications Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to surveillance in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2386is/xml/BILLS-116s2386is.xml 2019-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.