119-s49

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 49 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 49

To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in the People's 
 Republic of China and other persons seeking to establish a Chinese 
 police presence in the United States.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. Cotton 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 police departments in the People's 
 Republic of China and other persons seeking to establish a Chinese 
 police presence in the United States.

 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 ``Expel Illegal Chinese Police Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S 
 REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall impose--

    (1) the sanctions described in subsection

    (b)

    (1) with 
 respect to any foreign person the President determines is--
        (A) a provincial, municipal, or other 
 jurisdictional police department or law enforcement 
 institution in the People's Republic of China, 
 including the provincial police departments of Xinjiang 
 Uyghur Autonomous Region and Fujian;
        (B) a member of the senior leadership of a 
 department or institution described in subparagraph
        (A) ;
            (C) directly associated with establishing or 
 maintaining a Chinese police presence in the United 
 States;
            (D) acting under the direction and control of a 
 provincial, municipal, or other Public Security Bureau 
 or law enforcement institution in the People's Republic 
 of China; or
        (E) acting under the direction or control of the 
 United Front Work Department with the intention of 
 covertly monitoring or intimidating individuals living 
 in the United States; and

    (2) the sanctions described in subsection

    (b)

    (2) with 
 respect to an alien the President determines is--
        (A) an employee of a department or institution 
 described in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) or foreign person 
 described in paragraph

    (1)
        (E) ;
        (B) an immediate family member of such an employee; 
 or
            (C) directly associated with establishing or 
 maintaining a Chinese police presence or a presence of 
 the United Front Work Department in the United States.

    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection with respect to a foreign person described in subsection

    (a) are the following:

    (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 any foreign person described in 
 subsection

    (a)

    (1) 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) Visas, admission, or parole.--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 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall be revoked, regardless 
 of when such visa or other entry documentation 
 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) Waiver.--

    (1) In general.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis 
 and for periods not to exceed 30 days, waive the application of 
 sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
 if the President certifies to Congress not later than 15 days 
 before the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is vital to 
 the national security interests of the United States.

    (2) Form of certification.--The President may submit a 
 certification under paragraph

    (1) to Congress in classified 
 form if the President determines it is necessary to do so.
            (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 this 
 section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
 out this section 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) Prohibition on Participation in Certain Investigations.--The 
President shall direct all Federal agencies not to participate in any 
investigation that is not initiated by the United States Government 
into any foreign person described in subsection

    (a) unless the 
President determines that participating in such an investigation is 
vital to health, safety, and well-being of United States citizens.

    (f) 

=== 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) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a 
 person that is not a United States person.

    (3) Immediate family member.--The term ``immediate family 
 member'', with respect to a foreign person, means the spouse, 
 parent, sibling, or adult child of the person.

    (4) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or 
 entity, including a governmental entity.

    (5) 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;
        (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.
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