[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4913 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4913

   To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of certain 
 organizations of the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2024

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of certain 
 organizations of the Chinese Communist Party, 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 ``Sanctioning Tyrannical and 
Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist Party Act'' or the 
``STOP CCP Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chinese Communist 
Party, led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, are responsible for--
            (1) violations of Hong Kong's autonomy;
            (2) increased aggression against Taiwan, the Republic of 
        Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and India;
            (3) numerous human rights violations against the people of 
        Hong Kong and acts of repression against the people of Tibet; 
        and
            (4) increased acts of oppression, including the use of 
        forced labor, and genocide against Uyghurs and other 
        predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
        Autonomous Region.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF CERTAIN 
              CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the 
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with 
respect to--
            (1) each foreign person that the President determines 
        engages in conduct described in subsection (b) and is a member 
        of--
                    (A) the Politburo, including the Politburo Standing 
                Committee, of the Chinese Communist Party;
                    (B) the Central Military Commission of the Chinese 
                Communist Party;
                    (C) the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist 
                Party; or
                    (D) any successor organization of an organization 
                specifried in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) in the 
                event that the organization is dissolved; and
            (2) each foreign person who is an adult family member, 
        including a spouse or an adult family member of the spouse, of 
        a person described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Sanctionable Conduct.--A person engages in the conduct 
described by this subsection if the person plays a significant role in 
the development, approval, or implementation of policies or laws of the 
Government of the People's Republic of China that the President 
determines appear designed to--
            (1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong;
            (2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased aggression 
        toward Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, 
        or India; or
            (3) contribute to political oppression or violations of 
        human rights of individuals or societal groups within the 
        People's Republic of China, including Tibetans and Uyghurs and 
        other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups.
    (c) Sanctions Described.--
            (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
        are the following:
                    (A) Blocking of property.--The President shall 
                exercise all of the powers granted to the President 
                under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
                (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 
                block and prohibit all transactions in property and 
                interests in property of a foreign person subject to 
                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.
                    (B) Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or 
                parole.--
                            (i) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien 
                        who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such 
                        Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, 
                        is 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.).
                            (ii) 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 
                                described in clause (i) regardless of 
                                when the visa or other entry 
                                documentation is issued.
                                    (II) Effect of revocation.--A 
                                revocation under subclause (I) shall 
                                take effect immediately and shall 
                                automatically cancel any other valid 
                                visa or entry documentation that is in 
                                the alien's possession.
            (2) Exceptions.--
                    (A) United nations headquarters agreement.--The 
                sanctions described in paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply 
                with respect to the admission or paroling of an alien 
                into the United States if such admission or parole is 
                necessary to permit the United States to comply with 
                the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United 
                Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
                entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 
                United Nations and the United States, or other 
                applicable international obligations.
                    (B) Exception for intelligence, law enforcement, 
                and national security activities.--Sanctions under 
                paragraph (1) shall not apply to any authorized 
                intelligence, law enforcement, or national security 
                activities of the United States.
    (d) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations 
promulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions imposed pursuant 
to this section to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 
person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that 
Act.
    (e) Implementation Authority.--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.
    (f) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall, not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate 
regulations as necessary for the implementation of this section.
    (g) Waiver.--Subject to subsection (i), the President may, for one 
or more periods of not more than 60 days each, waive the application of 
sanctions with respect to a foreign person under this section if the 
President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 
later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that the waiver is 
vital to the national security interests of the United States.
    (h) Sunset of Waiver and License Authorities.--The President's 
authority to issue waivers or licenses with respect to sanctions 
required by subsection (a), including pursuant to sections 203 and 205 
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704), shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (i) Termination of Sanctions.--
            (1) In general.--The President may terminate any sanctions 
        imposed under subsection (a) not fewer than 15 days after the 
        date on which the President submits in writing to the 
        appropriate congressional committees, and concurrently 
        publishes on a publicly available website of the Federal 
        Government, a certification that the People's Republic of China 
        and the Chinese Communist Party have--
                    (A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghurs and other 
                predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, including by 
                verifiably shutting down all internment camps for 
                Uyghurs and ending the practice of facilitating or 
                supporting forced labor and forced sterilization of 
                Uyghurs;
                    (B) ceased all forms of threats, military 
                exercises, and aggression toward Taiwan, the Republic 
                of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and India, including 
                through verifiably, and for a period of not less than 
                one year, having not conducted, by any military or 
                intelligence personnel associated with the Chinese 
                Communist Party or the People's Republic of China, or 
                any agency or instrumentality thereof--
                            (i) any breach of Taiwan's air space, 
                        territorial waters, or land mass; or
                            (ii) any acts violating the territorial 
                        integrity of the Republic of Korea, Japan, the 
                        Philippines, or India;
                    (C) ceased the undermining of the autonomy of Hong 
                Kong, including through respecting the terms of the 
                Sino-British Joint Declaration, and reversing all steps 
                taken to interfere with the democratic process and 
                governance of Hong Kong; and
                    (D) ceased efforts to steal the intellectual 
                property of United States persons.
            (2) Termination of sanctions with respect to specific 
        persons.--The President may terminate any sanction imposed 
        under subsection (a) with respect to a person not fewer than 15 
        days after the date on which the President submits in writing 
        to the appropriate congressional committees, and concurrently 
        publishes on a publicly available website of the Federal 
        Government, a certification that the person has--
                    (A) affirmatively renounced membership in the 
                Chinese Communist Party; and
                    (B) taken actionable steps to denounce and 
                remediate the conduct forming the basis for imposition 
                of the sanction.
    (j) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for 
        permanent residence; national.--The terms ``admission'', 
        ``admitted'', ``alien'', ``lawfully admitted for permanent 
        residence'', and ``national'' have the meanings given those 
        terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1101).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate.
            (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
        individual or entity that is not a United States person.
            (4) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or of any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; 
                or
                    (C) any person in the United States.
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