[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3342-S3343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1928. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for 
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to 
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and 
report on economic security, science, research, innovation, 
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain 
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

        In subtitle A of title II of division C, insert after 
     section 3217 the following:

     SEC. 3218. REPORT AND SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO EFFORTS BY 
                   GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO 
                   CENSOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE PANDEMIC 
                   CAUSED BY SARS-COV-2.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the heads of 
     such other Federal agencies as the Director considers 
     appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on actions taken by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China to censor information regarding 
     the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A review of the response, including any arbitrary 
     detentions, forced disappearances, other retaliation, or 
     suppression of freedom of expression, of the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China to individuals who provided or 
     attempted to provide accurate epidemiological information 
     related to SARS-CoV-2 or warn of the potential seriousness or 
     impact of SARS-CoV-2, including Li Wenliang and other 
     doctors, journalists, other citizens of the People's Republic 
     of China, and other relevant persons.
       (B) An identification of keywords banned by the internet 
     firewall system of the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China (known as the ``Great Firewall'') during the quarantine 
     in Wuhan or thereafter relevant to the pandemic caused by 
     SARS-CoV-2.
       (C) Any other elements that the Secretary considers 
     relevant.
       (3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (4) Public availability.--The Director shall make available 
     to the public the unclassified portion of the report 
     submitted under paragraph (1).
       (b) List of Government Officials.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, and the heads of such other 
     Federal agencies as the Secretary of State considers 
     appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a list identifying officials of the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China responsible for any of the 
     following actions with respect to individuals who provided or 
     attempted to provide accurate epidemiological information 
     related to SARS-CoV-2 or warn of the potential seriousness or 
     impact of SARS-CoV-2:
       (1) Arbitrary detention.
       (2) Forced disappearance.
       (3) Other retaliation.
       (4) Suppression of freedom of expression.
       (c) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose 
     the following sanctions with respect to each person on the 
     list required by subsection (b):
       (1) Blocking of property.--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 the person 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) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--In the case of a person 
     that is an alien, the alien 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.--An alien described in subparagraph (A) is 
     subject to revocation of any visa or other entry 
     documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry 
     documentation is or was issued.
       (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i) 
     shall--

       (I) take effect immediately; and
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession.

       (d) Implementation; Penalties.--
       (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
     and 1704) to carry out this section.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
     subsection (c)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
     to carry out that subsection 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.
       (e) National Interest Waiver.--The President may waive the 
     imposition of sanctions under subsection (c) with respect to 
     a person if the President--
       (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
     interests of the United States; and
       (2) submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     notification of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver.
       (f) Exceptions.--
       (1) Intelligence activities.--This section shall not apply 
     with respect to activities subject to the reporting 
     requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence 
     activities of the United States.
       (2) Law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under this 
     section shall not apply with respect to any authorized law 
     enforcement activities of the United States.
       (3) Exception to comply with international agreements.--
     Subsection (c)(2)(B) shall not apply with respect to the 
     admission of an alien to the United States if such admission 
     is necessary to comply with the obligations of the United 
     States under 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, under the Convention on 
     Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
     entered into force March 19, 1967, or under other 
     international agreements.
       (4) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The authority or a requirement to impose 
     sanctions under this section shall not include the authority 
     or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of 
     goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
     means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, 
     supply, or manufactured product, including inspection

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     and test equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Admission; admitted; alien.--The terms ``admission'', 
     ``admitted'', and ``alien'' have the meanings given those 
     terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101).
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Financial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     to the United States for permanent residence; or
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or any jurisdiction within the United States.
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