119-s330

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 330 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 330

To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 
 the economy of the People's Republic of China 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 30, 2025

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

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 A BILL

To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 
 the economy of the People's Republic of China 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) that the President determines, on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, operates in a sector of the economy of the People's Republic 
of China 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 subsection 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 of the 
 People's Republic of China or an entity described in 
 paragraph

    (2) ; 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) that 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

    (b)

    (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.

    (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 intellectual 
property of United States persons.

    (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) Admitted; alien.--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).

    (2) United states person.--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 20th 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 President 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 entities 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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