[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7590 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7590

To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student 
             visas to nationals of certain covered nations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2024

 Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Gallagher, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student 
             visas to nationals of certain covered nations.

    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 ``Breaking Beijing's Hold on Campus 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF DIPLOMATIC AND STUDENT 
              VISAS.

    Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Certain Conditions on the Issuance of Diplomatic and Student 
Visas.--
            ``(1) Certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic 
        visas.--An alien who is a national of a covered nation may not 
        be accorded status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (A) or 
        (G) of section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a 
        certification that the alien--
                    ``(A) will not engage in any efforts to collect or 
                transmit information concerning, open any lines of 
                communication with, or encourage other persons to 
                report on, any student that is a national of a covered 
                nation for the purposes of--
                            ``(i) monitoring whether such student is 
                        exercising their rights protected under the 
                        Constitution and laws of the United States in a 
                        way that the government or ruling party of a 
                        covered nation may oppose; or
                            ``(ii) for suppressing said exercise of 
                        rights;
                    ``(B) will not engage in any efforts to collect or 
                transmit information concerning, open any lines of 
                communication with, or encourage other persons to 
                report on, any student with a family member that 
                resides in a covered nation for the purposes of--
                            ``(i) monitoring whether such student is 
                        exercising their rights protected under the 
                        Constitution and laws of the United States in a 
                        way that the government or ruling party of a 
                        covered nation opposes; or
                            ``(ii) for suppressing said exercise of 
                        rights; and
                    ``(C) will not engage in any other form of 
                transnational repression on behalf of any government or 
                ruling party of a covered nation or any agent of a 
                covered nation.
            ``(2) Certain conditions on the issuance of student visa.--
        An alien who is a national of a covered nation may not be 
        accorded status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), 
        or (M) of section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a 
        certification that the alien--
                    ``(A) will not report on students who are nationals 
                of a covered nation to the government, the ruling 
                party, or an agent of a covered nation, or to any agent 
                or government for the purpose of sharing such 
                information with a government, ruling party, or agent 
                of a covered nation, for that student's exercise of 
                rights protected under the Constitution and laws of the 
                United States;
                    ``(B) will not report on any student with a family 
                member that resides in a covered nation to the 
                government, the ruling party, or an agent of that 
                covered nation for that student's exercise of rights 
                protected under the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States; and
                    ``(C) will not engage in any other form of 
                transnational repression on behalf of a covered nation 
                or any agent of a covered nation.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Covered nation.--The term `covered nation' 
                means the People's Republic of China, the Russian 
                Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the 
                Democractic People's Republic of Korea.
                    ``(B) Institution of higher education.--The term 
                `institution of higher education' has the meaning given 
                to it in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
                    ``(C) Transnational repression.--The term 
                `transnational repression' means any action by a 
                foreign government, a ruling party of a foreign 
                country, or any person operating on behalf of a 
                government or ruling party of a foreign country that 
                meets each of the following criteria:
                            ``(i) The action involves--
                                    ``(I) any effort intended to 
                                intimidate or coerce a person to take 
                                an action in the interest of a 
                                government or ruling party of a foreign 
                                country;
                                    ``(II) any effort intended to 
                                intimidate or coerce a person to take 
                                an action to prevent that person from 
                                exercising a right protected under the 
                                Constitution or laws of the United 
                                States;
                                    ``(III) any effort to engage in an 
                                extrajudicial killing or abduction to 
                                prevent that person from exercising a 
                                right protected under the Constitution 
                                or laws of the United States; or
                                    ``(IV) providing support to an 
                                effort described in clauses (i), (ii), 
                                and (iii).
                            ``(ii) The activity is engaged in for the 
                        purpose of suppressing dissent against or 
                        otherwise advancing the interests of a 
                        government or ruling party of a foreign 
                        country.
                            ``(iii) The activity occurs, in whole or in 
                        part, in the United States and is committed 
                        against a United States person or a person in 
                        the United States.
            ``(4) Violations.--
                    ``(A) If the Secretary of State determines, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
                that an alien has committed any act in violation of a 
                certification made under paragraph (1) or (2), any 
                status as a nonimmigrant accorded to that alien shall 
                be terminated immediately.
                    ``(B) If the Secretary of State determines, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
                that any other nonimmigrant who is a national of a 
                covered nation has acted as an agent of that country 
                and has engaged in any conduct described in clauses (i) 
                through (iii) of paragraph (2)(A), any status as a 
                nonimmigrant accorded to that alien shall be terminated 
                immediately.''.

SEC. 3. PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall require any member of 
a foreign mission (as such term is defined in section 202 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956) of a covered nation (as such 
term is defined in section 214(s)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act) seeking to visit any institution of higher education or any other 
research institution in the United States to submit to the Secretary--
            (1) a prior notification of their intent to visit said 
        institution; and
            (2) a request for approval to visit said institution.
    (b) Limitation on Approval.--The Secretary may not grant such 
request for approval before the date that is 30 days after an 
unclassified notification of the request to visit is submitted to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and a notification of the 
request is provided to the Secretary of Education.
    (c) Visit Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``visit'' means an individual being present on the premises of an 
institution of higher education, or any other research institution in 
the United States, as well as being present on the premises of any 
facility owned or leased by said institutions.
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