[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7608

To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 
   the People's Republic of China's economy in which the person has 
engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property 
           of a United States person, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2024

  Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 
   the People's Republic of China's economy in which the person has 
engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property 
           of a United States person, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Combatting China's Pilfering of 
Intellectual Property Act'' or the ``CCP IP Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL 
              PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions described 
in subsection (b) with respect to each person described in subsection 
(c) the President determines, on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, operates in a sector of the People's Republic of China's economy 
in which the person--
            (1) has engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the 
        intellectual property of a United States person; or
            (2) has received the intellectual property of a United 
        States person through a pattern of significant theft engaged in 
        by other persons.
    (b) Sanctions Imposed.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to 
        the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
        Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
        and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in 
        property of a person described in subsection (a) if such 
        property and interests in property are in the United States, 
        come within the United States, or are or come within the 
        possession or control of a United States person.
            (2) Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole.--
                    (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien 
                described in subsection (a) is--
                            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
                            (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
                        documentation to enter the United States; and
                            (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
                        or paroled into the United States or to receive 
                        any other benefit under the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
                    (B) Current visas revoked.--
                            (i) In general.--The issuing consular 
                        officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
                        Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee 
                        of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
                        accordance with section 221(i) of the 
                        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                        1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
                        documentation issued to an alien who the 
                        Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland 
                        Security (or a designee of one of such 
                        Secretaries) determines is described in 
                        subsection (a), regardless of when the visa or 
                        other documentation is issued.
                            (ii) Effect of revocation.--A revocation 
                        under clause (i) shall take effect immediately 
                        and shall automatically cancel any other valid 
                        visa or entry documentation that is in the 
                        alien's possession.
    (c) Persons Described.--A person described in this section is one 
of the following:
            (1) An individual who--
                    (A) is a national of the People's Republic of China 
                or acting at the direction of a national or entity of 
                the People's Republic of China; and
                    (B) is not a United States person.
            (2) An entity that is--
                    (A) organized under the laws of the People's 
                Republic of China or of any jurisdiction within the 
                People's Republic of China;
                    (B) owned or controlled by individuals who are 
                nationals of the People's Republic of China; or
                    (C) owned or controlled by an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A) and is not a United States person.
    (d) Penalties; Implementation.--
            (1) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
        violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
        subsection (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
        carry out subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties set 
        forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to 
        the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
        described in subsection (a) of that section.
            (2) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
        authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
        205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
        U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out this 
        section.
    (e) Waiver.--The President may waive the imposition of sanctions 
under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis with respect to a person 
if the President--
            (1) certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
        Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
        the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the 
        Judiciary of the Senate that such waiver is in the national 
        security interests of the United States; and
            (2) includes a justification for such certification.
    (f) Termination of Sanctions.--The President may terminate 
sanctions imposed under subsection (a) with respect to a person if the 
President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
that such person is no longer engaging in efforts to steal United 
States intellectual property.
    (g) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that specifies each person the 
President determines meets the criteria described in subsection (a) for 
the imposition of sanctions.
    (h) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101); and
            (2) the term ``United States person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is a United States citizen or 
                an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
                the United States; or
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or of any jurisdiction within the United 
                States.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS.

    (a) Restriction.--The Secretary of State may not issue a visa to, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny entry to the United 
States of, each of the following:
            (1) Senior officials in the Chinese Communist Party, 
        including the Politburo, the Central Committee, and each 
        delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist 
        Party.
            (2) The spouses and children of the senior officials 
        described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Members of the cabinet of the Government of the 
        People's Republic of China.
            (4) Active duty members of the People's Liberation Army of 
        China.
    (b) Applicability.--The restriction under subsection (a) shall not 
apply for any year in which the Director of National Intelligence 
certifies to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate that 
the Government of the People's Republic of China has ceased sponsoring, 
funding, facilitating, and actively working to support efforts to 
infringe on the intellectual property rights of citizens and companies 
of the United States.
    (c) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress 
a report that--
            (1) details the efficacy of visa screening mechanisms to 
        mitigate intellectual property theft by the People's Republic 
        of China; and
            (2) includes a list of research institutions associated 
        with the People's Liberation Army and the Ministry of State 
        Security of the People's Republic of China.
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