[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5318-S5319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3555. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title XII, add the following:
Subtitle F--Ending Support of the People's Republic of China for
Russian Federation Defense Industrial Base
SEC. 1271. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Severing Technology
Transfer Operations and Partnerships between China and Russia
Act of 2025'' or the ``STOP China and Russia Act of 2025''.
SEC. 1272. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; etc.--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 Relations and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
(3) PRC person.--The term ``PRC person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the
People's Republic of China; or
(B) an entity that--
(i) is located or headquartered within the People's
Republic of China; or
(ii) is organized under the law of, or otherwise subject to
the jurisdiction of, the People's Republic of China.
(4) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means any
person that is not a United States person.
(5) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has
actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the
circumstance, or the result (as the case may be).
(6) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or
entity.
(7) 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; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a
foreign branch of such an entity; or
(C) any person in the United States.
SEC. 1273. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Between June 28, 2022, and January 15, 2025, with
strong bipartisan support, the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the Department of the Treasury and the Department
of State designated, for the imposition of sanctions, a wide
range of entities and individuals based in the People's
Republic of China that have been involved in supplying goods
to Russian entities responsible for developing, producing,
and supplying items critical to the defense industrial base
of the Russian Federation. Those designations targeted, among
other entities, producers and exporters of computer numerical
control items, electro-optical equipment, radar components,
satellite imagery, aviation components, chemical ingredients
in Russian explosives, and other defense and dual-use
equipment and technology critical to the Russian Federation's
defense industrial base.
(2) Entities and individuals based in the People's Republic
of China continue to evade United States sanctions to provide
material support to the defense industrial base of the
Russian Federation.
(3) Under Executive Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
related to addressing the threat from securities investments
that finance Communist Chinese military companies), the
President found that the People's Republic of China
``increases the size of the country's military-industrial
complex by compelling civilian Chinese companies to support
its military and intelligence activities. Those companies,
though remaining ostensibly private and civilian, directly
support the PRC's military, intelligence, and security
apparatuses and aid in their development and
modernization.''.
(4) Ongoing support for the defense industrial base of the
Russian Federation by the People's Republic of China requires
concerted action by the Department of the Treasury and the
Department of State to protect the national security of the
United States.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Russian Federation's continued invasion of Ukraine
is directly enabled by the ongoing support of the People's
Republic of China for the defense industrial base of the
Russian Federation; and
(2) in response, and to impede the support of the People's
Republic of China for the Russian Federation's war against
Ukraine, the President should--
(A) cut off financing avenues for entities in the People's
Republic of China that are providing material support to the
defense and related sectors of the economy of the Russian
Federation;
(B) impose sanctions with respect to entities and
individuals in the People's Republic of China involved in the
export of weapons and dual-use technology to the Russian
Federation;
(C) determine whether the United States should impose
sanctions with respect to major arms exporters in the
People's Republic of China for aiding the defense industrial
base of the Russian Federation; and
(D) develop a strategy to coordinate with allies and
partners of the United States to deter and undermine the
ongoing support of the People's Republic of China for the
Russian Federation's war in Ukraine.
SEC. 1274. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SUPPORT BY THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL BASE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) In General.--On and after the date that is 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with
respect to a foreign person the President determines--
(1) is a PRC person or is under the control of a PRC
person; and
(2) that knowingly sells, leases, provides, or facilitates
selling, leasing, or providing, goods or services to or for
the ultimate use by the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation or the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation, including--
(A) computer numerical control tools and associated
machinery, software, and maintenance or upgrade services;
(B) lubricant additives;
(C) nitrocellulose, wood cellulose, and associated
additives and components necessary for the production of
propellant or energetics for munitions;
(D) chemical coatings;
(E) fiber optic cables with military applications and
associated technologies needed to manufacture such cables; or
(F) advanced sensors.
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of
the powers granted 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 foreign 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 inadmissible for visas, admission, or parole.--
(A) In general.--In the case of an alien described in
subsection (a), 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.--The visa or other entry documentation of
an alien described in subsection (a) shall be revoked,
regardless of when such 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.
(c) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise the
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out
this subtitle.
(2) Regulations.--The President shall issue such
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry
out this subtitle.
(3) 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 any
person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to
violate, or causes a violation of this section, or any
license, order, regulation, or
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prohibition issued under this section, to the same extent
that such penalties apply to a person that commits an
unlawful act described in section 206(a) of such Act (50
U.S.C. 1705(a)).
(d) Exceptions.--
(1) Exception for intelligence and law enforcement
actions.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply with
respect to--
(A) any activity subject to the reporting requirements
under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3091 et seq.); or
(B) any authorized intelligence or law enforcement
activities of the United States.
(2) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
Sanctions under this section shall not apply to the admission
or parole of an alien into the United States if such
admission or parole is necessary to comply with United States
obligations under the Agreement between the United Nations
and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters
of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947,
and entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the
Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24,
1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other
international obligations.
(3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements to impose
sanctions authorized under this section shall not include the
authority or 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 and test
equipment, and excluding technical data.
(e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person
for renewable periods of not more than 90 days each if the
President determines and reports to Congress that such a
waiver is in the national interests of the United States.
SEC. 1275. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONS ON ARMS MANUFACTURERS
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ENGAGED IN
WEAPONS SALES TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Determination.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, with
respect to each entity specified in subsection (b)--
(1) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
determination of whether the entity engages in activities
described in subsection (c); and
(2) if the President determines the entity engages in such
activities, impose the sanctions described in section 1274(b)
with respect to the entity.
(b) Entities Specified.--The entities specified in this
subsection are the following:
(1) China North Industries Group Corporation.
(2) Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
(3) China Electronics Technology Group Corporation.
(4) China South Industries Group Corporation.
(5) China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.
(6) China General Nuclear Power Group.
(7) China National Nuclear Corporation.
(8) China State Shipbuilding Corporation.
(c) Activities Described.--The activities described in this
subsection are providing, selling, transporting, or
facilitating the sale or transport of--
(1) arms, weapons, weapons systems, or component parts for
such arms, weapons, or weapons systems, to any entity in the
Russian Federation or for ultimate use by the Armed Forces of
the Russian Federation; or
(2) any goods described in section 1274(a)(2).
SEC. 1276. STRATEGY TO COORDINATE WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO
DETER AND UNDERMINE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION'S WAR IN UKRAINE.
(a) Strategy Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to
engage with allies and partners of the United States with
respect to the development of coordinated diplomatic,
sanctions, export control, and other actions to deter and
undermine the ongoing support of the People's Republic of
China for the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A diplomatic plan entailing regular and intensive
United States engagement with allies and partners of the
United States, including the European Union and its member
states, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia,
and New Zealand, regarding coordinated sanctions and export
control actions designed to deter and undermine the ongoing
support of the People's Republic of China for the defense
industrial base of the Russian Federation.
(B) A plan to engage in concert with allies and partners of
the United States, collectively and individually, and, as
appropriate, with financial institutions, financial
regulators, and private sector entities, regarding compliance
with existing and future sanctions and export controls
designed to deter and undermine the ongoing support of the
People's Republic of China for the defense industrial base of
the Russian Federation.
(b) Progress Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the progress of
implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a)
that includes an assessment of the efficacy of the strategy
in deterring and undermining the ongoing support of the
People's Republic of China for the defense industrial base of
the Russian Federation.
(c) Form.--The strategy required by subsection (a), and
each report required by subsection (b), shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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