[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2899 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2899

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure open and free 
 journalism access in the People's Republic of China by establishing a 
  reciprocal relationship between the number of visas issued to state-
      controlled media workers in China and in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2011

    Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas, and Mr. Forbes) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure open and free 
 journalism access in the People's Republic of China by establishing a 
  reciprocal relationship between the number of visas issued to state-
      controlled media workers in China and in the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON VISAS TO STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA WORKERS FROM THE 
              PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) Limitation on I-Visas.--Section 101(a)(15)(I) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I)) is amended by 
inserting ``subject to section 214(s),'' before ``upon a basis''.
    (b) Reciprocity of Visas to State Media Workers.--Section 214 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(s)(1) In the case of an alien who is a state-controlled media 
worker from the People's Republic of China and is seeking 
classification under section 101(a)(15)(I), the Attorney General may 
only issue a visa to such an alien upon a basis of reciprocity with 
visas issued by the People's Republic of China to nationals of the 
United States who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
and who seek to enter the People's Republic of China solely to engage 
in such vocation.
            ``(2) For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `state-controlled media worker from 
                the People's Republic of China' means a representative 
                of a media organization owned, operated, or controlled 
                by the People's Republic of China, including--
                            ``(i) China Central Television;
                            ``(ii) China Daily;
                            ``(iii) China National Radio;
                            ``(iv) China News Service;
                            ``(v) China Radio International;
                            ``(vi) China Youth Daily;
                            ``(vii) Economic Daily;
                            ``(viii) Global Times;
                            ``(ix) Guangming Daily;
                            ``(x) Legal Daily;
                            ``(xi) Liberation Army Daily;
                            ``(xii) People's Daily; or
                            ``(xiii) Xinhua News Agency; and
                    ``(B) the term `Broadcasting Board of Governors' 
                means--
                            ``(i) the entity described under the 
                        Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011; and
                            ``(ii) any other entity that engages in 
                        broadcasting activities as a result of such 
                        Act.''.

SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF CERTAIN VISAS; NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.

    (a) Revocation of Certain Visas.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revoke 
a sufficient number of visas issued to state-controlled media workers 
from the People's Republic of China so that the remaining number of 
such visas does not exceed the number of visas issued by the People's 
Republic of China to nationals of the United States who are employees 
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and who seek to enter the 
People's Republic of China solely to engage in such vocation.
    (b) Revocation of Certain Nonimmigrant Status.--Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall revoke the nonimmigrant status of a sufficient number of 
aliens who are state-controlled media workers from the People's 
Republic of China and who entered the United States as nonimmigrants 
under section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I)) so that the remaining number of such aliens with 
a valid immigration status who are present in the United States does 
not exceed the number of nationals of the United States who are 
employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and who entered the 
People's Republic of China under a nonimmigrant visa solely to engage 
in such vocation.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section the terms ``state-controlled 
media workers from the People's Republic of China'' and ``Broadcasting 
Board of Governors'' have the meanings given such terms in section 
214(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)(2)).
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