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<dc:title>118 S1027 IS: Sanctions Targeting Aggressors of Neighboring Democracies with Taiwan Act of 2023</dc:title> |
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<dc:date>2023-03-29</dc:date> |
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<congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session> |
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<legis-num>S. 1027</legis-num> |
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<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber> |
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<action-date date="20230329">March 29, 2023</action-date> |
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<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S383">Mr. Sullivan</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</committee-name></action-desc> |
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type> |
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<official-title>To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to the People's Republic of China if the People's Liberation Army initiates a military invasion of Taiwan.</official-title> |
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<section id="idF192559E3A99428A937E598BE8EB04F6" section-type="section-one" commented="no"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Sanctions Targeting Aggressors of Neighboring Democracies with Taiwan Act of 2023</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>STAND with Taiwan Act of 2023</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="id2ac38719a2474d7793b374356d9376cf"><enum>2.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> |
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<paragraph id="id040aae4d79254755af45b1914f382ddf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy of nearly 24,000,000 people, an important contributor to peace and stability around the world, and continues to embody and promote democratic values, freedom, and human rights in Asia.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id80cb467e797d43c0af47e73ac1b0af63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The policy of the United States toward Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3301">22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.</external-xref>), the United States-People's Republic of China joint communiqués concluded in 1972, 1978, and 1982, and the Six Assurances that President Ronald Reagan communicated to Taiwan in 1982.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id626274aabac04f91ae48680b48e77703"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Under section 2 of the Taiwan Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3301">22 U.S.C. 3301</external-xref>), it is the policy of the United States—</text> <subparagraph id="id0d3b8c802c4544179fc46bea612d7e8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text><quote>to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China mainland and all other peoples of the Western Pacific area</quote>;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id0039294c13dd45a7865b0bef8f9f2c48"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>to declare that peace and stability in the area are in the political, security, and economic interests of the United States, and are matters of international concern</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd4a907fea6384cbeb00b7a62f19e6c84"><enum>(C)</enum><text><quote>to make clear that the United States decision to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means</quote>;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id7e899cb7a10147e8a9c4c8d16c53b75d"><enum>(D)</enum><text><quote>to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id266240b920a34115bbc18b530049b6ab"><enum>(E)</enum><text><quote>to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id1d14a380f0434511939ff5bf3d8d93ad"><enum>(F)</enum><text><quote>to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id37832d62d16248b6b1615a0c9c030352"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For decades and increasingly since the election of President Tsai Ing-wen as President of Taiwan in 2016, the Chinese Communist Party has employed a variety of coercive military and nonmilitary tactics short of armed conflict in its efforts to exert existential pressure on Taiwan, including through diplomatic isolation, restricting tourism, cyberattacks, spreading disinformation, and controlling the ability of Taiwan to purchase COVID–19 vaccines from other countries.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id358988c2638e4ac9a9eba72a4c7da376"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Since 2020, military incursions by the People's Republic of China into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone have been occurring at a rapidly increasing pace. In 2022, such incursions occurred 1,700 times, nearly double the total in 2021, which was itself almost triple the 2020 total. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id99cdc16e7df5486a861469136a24f078"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Since 2021, there has been a notable increase in military provocations by the People’s Liberation Army against Taiwan, including incursions over the midline separating the People's Republic of China from Taiwan, holding military exercises in the vicinity of Taiwan’s controlled waters, and performing live-fire exercises in the South China Sea.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id2f2d317d5b034ec8a8b489e7d7bb8c8e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In August 2022, the People's Republic of China held unprecedented live-fire military exercises and a simulated blockade involving hundreds of military aircraft, dozens of warships, and launches of short-range ballistic missiles over the territory of Taiwan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide35f13375b25457eb2fa80373167517d"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The People’s Republic of China is attempting to erase the midline separating it from Taiwan, increasing the prospects for incidental contact between forces of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan as well as shorting reaction times related to provocations by the People's Republic of China.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id9affa42453054b5488fd59f89b3beae3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>On August 10, 2022, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China released a white paper entitled <quote>The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era</quote> that reiterated the long-standing position of the Government of the People's Republic of China not to renounce the use of force to bring about unification with Taiwan and to <quote>always be ready to respond with the use of force … to interference by external forces or radical action by separatist elements</quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide26d0ea913d44682b1ae03186350b070"><enum>(10)</enum><text>In March 2021, then Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Philip Davidson testified that the threat of a military invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army <quote>is manifest during this decade, in fact in the next six years</quote>.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id3e3d0789a41445438aeaf687800e528f"><enum>(11)</enum><text>In March 2021, then Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet Admiral John Aquilino testified that the threat of a military invasion by the People’s Liberation Army of Taiwan is <quote>much closer to us than most think</quote> and could materialize well before 2035. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="iddcee1c25cdb24b1387f9032206775fd1"><enum>(12)</enum><text>On February 24, 2022, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation initiated an unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, resulting in at least 14,000 civilian casualties, including more than 5,000 deaths.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idce31b33bf21640eeae7220c41496c4eb"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Russian Federation invasion has destabilized global markets and supply chains, from energy to food, contributing to high inflation and recession in the United States and deep cuts to global gross domestic product.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id966efdf68925423c9486440d6428402a"><enum>(14)</enum><text>With the assistance of the United States and European allies, Ukrainian forces have successfully repelled the Russian Federation invasion and recaptured significant portions of territory taken by the Russian Federation in the initial stages of the invasion. </text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id8bea8fc3751942acaa80b49a8b7b221b"><enum>(15)</enum><text>In addition to military power, timely messaging around the use of economic and financial instruments of United States power and their potential use can have an important deterrent effect on the actions of other countries. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="idc1929135336c42d482d2b1c5d960fa7f"><enum>3.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> |
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<paragraph id="idb6195a88853442ac990d2748ea1b3f76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it is in the interests of the United States to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific region, with peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait as a critical component;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id56fe0360eb15477fa1a6f0c2f4ca1a1d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>efforts by the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party to unilaterally determine the future of Taiwan through non-peaceful means, including threats and the direct use of force, military coercion, economic boycotts or embargoes, cyberattacks, and efforts to internationally isolate or annex Taiwan—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="idb5221b8fafe14cfa8e111d9dbc5066d7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>directly undermine the spirit, intent, and purpose of the Taiwan Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3301">22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id70c329cc272f4b35a23931c9e605a402"><enum>(B)</enum><text>undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="idcefb6999d6f5461ca98cc5e9a3fc3b5e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>limit a free and open Indo-Pacific region; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfaad68c319e34791a8ba53f7e63c735b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>are of grave concern to the Government of the United States;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="ide2e36e11fba14acd83c280f2a28a14e1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the initiation of a military invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army would—</text> <subparagraph id="ide98e1395f6d04acea9e3881fe8136a44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>constitute a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific Area and threaten the peace stability of the entire globe; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id06037b9d53d44fd7aafdea7a9649d2c5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>undermine the core political, security, and economic interests of the United States at home and abroad; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id70ae45bed52a464988d359afa30931b7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>as an important deterrent measure against a military invasion of Taiwan, the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party must understand that initiating such an invasion will result in catastrophic economic and financial consequences for the People’s Republic of China. </text></paragraph></section> |
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<section id="id92f918c184434f71abc5de30b51630e7"><enum>4.</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The policy of the Government of the United States on Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3301">22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.</external-xref>), the United States-People’s Republic of China joint communiqués concluded in 1972, 1978, and 1982, and the Six Assurances that President Ronald Reagan communicated to Taiwan in 1982, but in the event of the initiation of a military invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army, it is the policy of the United States—</text> <paragraph id="id874941E9C3794961B3E41CC5208D1A58"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use and deploy all economic, commercial, and financial instruments and levers of power, including—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="id431aa8647cef4a5c83226db3796913f8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the imposition of sanctions with respect to leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, key officials of the Government of the People's Republic of China, and financial institutions and other entities affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People's Republic of China;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida96f649e6ce24afdb75990212ff20a93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prohibiting the listing or trading of the securities of Chinese entities on United States securities exchanges;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id0801ae5a6d9a40eb8ba3f9bf859b3f97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prohibiting investments by United States financial institutions in economic sectors of the People’s Republic of China; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id701d36dae9db43e1aab330f5a43571dc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>prohibiting the importation of certain goods mined, produced, or manufactured in the People’s Republic of China into the United States; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id606C7D6925D34D219CEA8C662D3BB5EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to work in close coordination with allies and partners of the United States to encourage those allies and partners to undertake similar economic, commercial, and financial actions against the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="id5FE33B30ACB6436FB219DBC07EB04D22"><enum>5.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text> |
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<paragraph id="id3d700b3cde1243d1b30e36025b1af269"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Account; correspondent account; payable-through account</header><text>The terms <term>account</term>, <term>correspondent account</term>, and <term>payable-through account</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida03ac01f99d24160a2a48f36500defd8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Admission; admitted; alien</header><text>The terms <term>admission</term>, <term>admitted</term>, and <term>alien</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref>). </text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id016975DA698D4FE59E76C6809B1B2A10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id258b1a4915ed4b1280e40530309eca15" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id91a1d8ac185a4c99a7abecf9cb097482" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id73F928F215BE4288A6AA1152EC93F2F2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Covered determination</header><text>The term <term>covered determination</term> has the meaning given that term in section 6(a).</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id26f6642206d24731897c0f0d6f645820" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Financial institution</header><text>The term <term>financial institution</term> means a financial institution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id30175c7a8d2542cba386d3ee2289ce0f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text>The term <term>foreign person</term> means an individual or entity that is not a United States person.</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idf158ef08064845b7925f674de04b65d0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Knowingly</header><text>The term <term>knowingly</term> with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person had actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id22e7b889fdf74bb08a7292b6b29aee97"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Military invasion</header><text>The term <term>military invasion</term> includes—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="idfa183bc57866406c87965f12a9ff231d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an amphibious landing or assault;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida13d09b350854ea4a621f1e73ed197cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an airborne operation or air assault; </text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id6bf36408a1f947c6996e7b4adb625792"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an aerial bombardment or blockade;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id50787a8a383643839ab10e97be8f2983"><enum>(D)</enum><text>missile attacks, including rockets, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and hypersonic missiles; </text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id33c675895d2c42ca805c84c2585fc314"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a naval bombardment or blockade; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf7a9a110400e42ab98cc21aac328b6dd"><enum>(F)</enum><text>attack on any territory controlled or administered by the Government of Taiwan, including offshore islands controlled or administered by that Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id33362f43698d40cf8cd09c2423359807"><enum>(9)</enum><header>United states person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="ide5c7a78e8cdf4362a0eafd35968d4d1c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="ida72442293b6d49a69db53654651c8278" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="idc80bcb0e96f64dcd91fbf787d1ce658b"><enum>6.</enum><header>Determination of the initiation of a military invasion by the People’s Liberation Army or its proxies</header> <subsection id="id379271AFEA994C95BF6B549DF38AAF8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Covered determination defined</header><text>In this Act, the term <term>covered determination</term> means—</text> |
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<paragraph id="idC6B57ACBA8DA448C8952B20E2642B622"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a determination by the President, not later than 24 hours after a military invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army or any of its proxies, that such an invasion has occurred; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4127FCEC80A84239AA847D12782A6BCA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the enactment of a joint resolution pursuant to subsection (b). </text></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id6DC1D06586D54968BADB3F4AE1EA000B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination by joint resolution</header> |
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<paragraph id="id677976BFAF074E7784BE40EFE6C4F1AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered joint resolution defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered joint resolution</term> means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: <quote>That Congress determines that the People's Liberation Army or one of its proxies initiated a military invasion of Taiwan on ___.</quote>, with the blank space being filled with the appropriate date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idfe5b27e920ec4ec4a916d5c2f811e8d0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text>A covered joint resolution may be introduced—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="id36d0654e03aa418187f89e0ed813798b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the House of Representatives, by the majority leader (or the majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the minority leader's designee); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idca4d474d56224bdfacf41d2949417af3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the minority leader's designee).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idddd39f53e95a4b5086470b849e938238"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Floor consideration in House of Representatives</header> |
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<subparagraph id="idA83164D6C1B14C9182EC406B75F99AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Discharge from committee</header><text>If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a covered joint resolution has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 2 calendar days after the date of referral of the joint resolution, the committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0b798f55b92f43be9a79bdf33306faab"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Moving to consideration</header><text>At any time after a covered joint resolution has been placed on the appropriate calendar, it is in order for the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) to move for the consideration of that joint resolution.</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="iddda70ebe61bc45a390f67f375d7f4b7b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Points of order; motions</header><text>All points of order against the covered joint resolution and its consideration are waived. If the motion under subparagraph (B) is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the House until disposed of, except as provided in paragraph (5). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7c604f9a1c1441bd9413f9269f636840"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No amendments</header><text>A covered joint resolution shall not be subject to amendment in the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id160d6abda53047988e6eaae9d1c1d977"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Debate</header><text>General debate on a covered joint resolution shall not exceed 4 hours, which shall be equally divided and controlled by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) and an opponent.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id25ebbdefb9014bfc9c5ff254f915050a"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Final passage</header><text>At the conclusion of debate, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution, and the House of Representatives shall vote on final passage without intervening motion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idfc99d19daa2845e29334bfa86fa5057c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration in the Senate</header> |
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<subparagraph id="id17e6da629bf24df1b4cc27af4d76ca2b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reporting and discharge</header><text>If the committee of the Senate to which a covered joint resolution was referred has not reported the joint resolution within 2 calendar days after the date of referral of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4ec86dbbe60543ef8c9539b4cbe19ce0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Proceeding to consideration</header><text>Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time after the committee of the Senate to which a covered joint resolution was referred reports the joint resolution to the Senate or has been discharged from consideration of the joint resolution (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. </text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="idef639dc012ee4042afe0b8b507cc4ef0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No amendments</header><text>An amendment to a covered joint resolution, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit a covered joint resolution, is not in order.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3361a4296be9423a8b997d344e8483f0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consideration</header> <clause id="id83e301f8e4564b3388e51adc81118e6d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Limitation on debate</header><text>Consideration in the Senate of a covered joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader, or by their designees.</text></clause> |
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<clause id="id207faf67d0cd45c5a5a420340780ac66"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Vote on adoption</header><text>Whenever all the time for debate on a covered joint resolution has been used or yielded back, the vote on the adoption of the resolution shall occur without any intervening motion or amendment, except that a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the Rules of the Senate may occur immediately before such vote. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd46b978730b14c15942fe46378ce3398"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Rulings of the chair on procedure</header><text>Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a covered joint resolution shall be decided without debate.</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id78904cf580ff4c5c94321257688c3443"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Consideration of veto messages</header><text>Debate in the Senate of any veto message with respect to a covered joint resolution, including all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id479ab79c6ce2410da4ccac25f06164e5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rules relating to Senate and House of Representatives</header> <subparagraph id="idf517200784ce45f4aee054bcdd45f259"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Treatment of Senate joint resolution in House</header><text>In the House of Representatives, the following procedures shall apply to a covered joint resolution received from the Senate (unless the House has already passed a joint resolution relating to the same proposed action):</text> |
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<clause id="id323b0332fa704f7796e0156d289bf8b4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The joint resolution shall be referred to the appropriate committees.</text></clause> <clause id="idb04c831e29394b2a8886f27cd5010d1a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If a committee to which a joint resolution has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 2 calendar days after the date of referral, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution.</text></clause> |
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<clause id="id1e04becd7f3846cc8704ed4f48e2a92d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Beginning on the third legislative day after the committee to which a joint resolution has been referred reports the joint resolution to the House or has been discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the House. All points of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.</text></clause> <clause id="id44189f3c4c73460b8fc7ba3b589c8507"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except 4 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order.</text></clause></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id7e3b2d5e12ad472fa126fa022a50631f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of House joint resolution in Senate</header> |
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<clause id="idf0042932440945f6bf6cd71c4d1c5a19"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Receipt before passage</header><text>If, before the passage by the Senate of a covered joint resolution, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from the House of Representatives, the following procedures shall apply:</text> <subclause id="id26af377fe3d040c49ff150da428d9ac4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>That joint resolution shall not be referred to a committee.</text></subclause> |
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<subclause id="idee40417046284999bc86d8bcb8a6d95c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>With respect to that joint resolution—</text> <item id="idd5cef6581abd48c782d79f0f8db12b57"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the House of Representatives; but</text></item> |
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<item id="id837247caff96427084735aca0f3252d7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution from the House of Representatives.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="id3762f88924d0401899d1c184973210b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Receipt after passage</header><text>If, following passage of a covered joint resolution in the Senate, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from the House of Representatives, that joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate Senate calendar.</text></clause> |
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<clause id="id9aa2d2003ab44daf830a1be9e809bc88"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No companion measure</header><text>If a covered joint resolution is received from the House, and no companion joint resolution has been introduced in the Senate, the Senate procedures under this subsection shall apply to the House joint resolution.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc7b2a03c8e33479086899316f39c868e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application to revenue measures</header><text>The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the House of Representatives to a covered joint resolution that is a revenue measure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id42fe2f725eba48eabe4cc39072fca2df"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rules of House of Representatives and Senate</header><text>This subsection is enacted by Congress—</text> <subparagraph id="id4ccf846a9d2e4b94ae6277cae9a6592a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id3e297fd036ec4460a13b0c133acdd151" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id116688815b1b4a1783cd817f62409ca8"><enum>7.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to officials of the Government of the People's Republic of China and members of the Chinese Communist Party</header> <subsection id="idd40610a9f5894efc91612e8f9a8a569c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 days after making a covered determination, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (d) with respect to officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and members of the Chinese Communist Party specified in subsection (b), to the extent such officials and members can be identified.</text></subsection> |
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<subsection id="id13450ab7e0914e95adb46c4271ca5e20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Officials specified</header><text>The officials specified in this subsection shall include—</text> <paragraph id="id21538bea91724807829a2fb387f133ba"><enum>(1)</enum><text>senior civilian and military officials of the People’s Republic of China and military officials who have command or clear and direct decision-making power over military campaigns, military operations, and military planning against Taiwan conducted by the People's Liberation Army;</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id79e9dd9150e34e74b149840c799de3f6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>senior civilian and military officials of the People’s Republic of China who have command or clear and direct decision-making power in the Chinese Coast Guard and the Chinese People’s Armed Police and are engaged in planning or implementing activities that involve the use of force against Taiwan;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida777854f207a4cfdb4ff051bb3fd287d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>senior or special advisors to the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, or the President of the People’s Republic of China;</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="ide914806c54c34ac284263878c906e2e1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China who are members of the top decision-making bodies of that Government;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id119df747d0a4455eb20576dfe3304f82"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the highest-ranking Chinese Communist Party members of the decision-making bodies referred to in paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id1d0fcc3a586c40c59910d9f82623e2f8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China in the intelligence agencies or security services who—</text> <subparagraph id="id7c717e71dcf14e738d9fd67e4ec10909"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have clear and direct decision-making power; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id69d3012ec3d44fc7b3a6d8cd556d6b19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have engaged in or implemented activities that—</text> <clause id="id5cb14f72b6ae457c86a1849ed0600b60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>materially undermine the military readiness of Taiwan;</text></clause> |
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<clause id="ida46620b159874a81a9688d98a0e20675"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>overthrow or decapitate Taiwan's government;</text></clause> <clause id="id062f0253159c47baba442d021a5cc616"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>debilitate Taiwan’s electric grid, critical infrastructure, or cybersecurity systems through offensive electronic or cyber attacks;</text></clause> |
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<clause id="id6e568b3e157646cb86d1be7d2e8f27b4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>undermine Taiwan’s democratic processes through campaigns to spread disinformation; or</text></clause> <clause id="idc2548ef659be4eb284d88e7cb956ffd1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>involve committing serious human rights abuses against citizens of Taiwan, including forceful transfers, enforced disappearances, unjust detainment, or torture.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection id="idb0c5b61396364620b1c7980cce34ba6d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional officials</header> |
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<paragraph id="idaac6ae863e62451a8e7050a41c4be7e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>List required</header><text>Not later than 30 days after making a covered determination, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit a list to the appropriate congressional committees that identifies any additional foreign persons who—</text> <subparagraph id="id7c5000364c6a4672991086ca0b5a7d9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President determines are officials specified in subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id77db9f0fc47249f09c439e48a8e22f8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who were not included on any previous list of such officials.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id206f9e15ed2a42fc836e309b5e983be3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header><text>Upon the submission of the list required under paragraph (1), the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (d) with respect to each official included on the list.</text></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection id="idb4a0b3d3c9064ce1b48922a987b61a6a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection to be imposed with respect to an official specified in subsection (b) or (c) are the following:</text> <paragraph id="id83ed0119f6314dce9ee425507c52928c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Blocking of property</header> <subparagraph id="idFE6C833228A143FCAE57B54B681AA6FC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall exercise all of the powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the official 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.</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id602ea25ebe0a47cc9ecfd8dc6a5ef698"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inapplicability of national emergency requirement</header><text>The requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply for purposes of this section. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id847f56559ac343bcaaf4ca809de2cf46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole</header> <subparagraph id="id2d7993b0a36b4342819d1de62d977a60"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Visas, admission, or parole</header><text>The official shall be—</text> |
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<clause id="ide648164c1beb47f8ba0ced7d6fa024cc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inadmissible to the United States;</text></clause> <clause id="id41d4086e90154f7f863c7a0704913976"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and</text></clause> |
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<clause id="idda2eb8fed4324eb081fc113944fd15ad"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida7ea53613df8499da19afb3f55c02ebe"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Current visas revoked</header> <clause id="id5a0d108062d448cab48968e3bb70092a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The visa or other entry documentation of the official shall be revoked, regardless of when such visa or other entry documentation is or was issued.</text></clause> |
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<clause id="id039ead28f3c7409da9b0c8c8f60a71ff"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Immediate effect</header><text>A revocation under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <subclause id="ida8f9dad9e3b646689c132b0056b63cca"><enum>(I)</enum><text>take effect immediately; and</text></subclause> |
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<subclause id="id185d6a9fc4f049b3afd271f3c8ce077a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text>automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the official’s possession. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id7bfdc059dbdd424ca8cdf1eef8bcf505"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exception for compliance with international obligations and law enforcement activities</header><text>Sanctions under this section shall not apply with respect to an official if—</text> |
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<paragraph id="id92A895A64B9A457499F34495D2E4C013"><enum>(1)</enum><text>admitting or paroling the official into the United States is necessary—</text> <subparagraph id="id936c7ee5ad9a41e49cb24b47dc290196"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations of the United States; or</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="idf4cbfe46014e48f6a14e53326e95bded" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the United States; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idE2DE05FAA4704C9FB187687035155679"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the alien holds a valid, unexpired A–1, A–2, C–2, G–1, or G–2 visa.</text></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection id="id4cd327d10af34c8dbff8d068db4c1613"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Top decision-Making bodies defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>top decision-making bodies</term> may include—</text> <paragraph id="id62bed262130f46f69c130a2668291486"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party;</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id2edfe691d4ad42a69f3ab0cf5885b52a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idddff76a58eb7457ea9e105a5002cc3c6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party;</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id4f471372a1424b84bd54d41504351801"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc75588935ece4672887f361b9bf0b1cc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China;</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id58a64e8a0d974bd0ba3a860980f710ef"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide3eda8e5ae30440eb58b7c4eb471330b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the State Council of the People’s Republic of China.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> |
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<section id="id28de38862b0f4b8bb717c67293463f3a"><enum>8.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of China</header> |
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<subsection id="id4c887e585ab741ada6611280ef3d74c2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 days after a covered determination is made, the Secretary of the Treasury—</text> <paragraph id="id0310734E919A4881B303C9186D764DD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each joint-equity bank, national joint-stock commercial bank, and national state-owned policy bank; and</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idFDCB3EA399F4431CBCAD256DB0D42444"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may impose those sanctions with respect to any subsidiary of, or successor entity to, a joint-equity bank, national joint-stock commercial bank, or national state-owned policy bank.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id1d202a0f90a34274a444979adb2eed2c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional People's Republic of China financial institutions</header> <paragraph id="idab7daa3a60704bae989119593a157506"><enum>(1)</enum><header>List required</header><text>Not later than 30 days after a covered determination is made, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit a list to the appropriate congressional committees that identifies any foreign persons that the President determines—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="id016a4769fed84e90bef00869f2c15518"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are significant financial institutions owned or operated by the Government of the People’s Republic of China; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id97e9688692b54dbbb8ee8a3a7b08dccb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>should be sanctioned in the interest of United States national security.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idf56e73b72a0d400bba6f45512a4a40e1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header><text>Upon the submission of each list required under paragraph (1), the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person identified on such list. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id7F9B4EE930ED47C0A1F9788B24A5568B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text> |
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<paragraph id="id131e69af1be3460a96de40c6b9c377f2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Blocking of property</header> |
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<subparagraph id="idDBBDFEB0289C4383BDB3665016FB994F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a foreign person subject to subsection (a) or (b) 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.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9edf756bf5f54d60a265d9e395d42aad"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inapplicability of national emergency requirement</header><text>The requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply for purposes of this section. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id757f8b37f4c045e3879e51165e2d736e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions on correspondent and payable-through accounts</header><text>The President shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United States of a correspondent account or payable-through account by a foreign person subject to subsection (a) or (b). </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idbfa0dbbd851e4f4bb1c7c5e5755cdf50"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> |
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<paragraph id="id872287b7bdad4dc4b2dff63d689be6c8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Joint-equity bank</header><text>The term <term>joint-equity bank</term> means a bank under the jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of China in which—</text> <subparagraph id="id3521409ce0c34a4aa2636168b39130ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the bank’s equity is owned jointly by the shareholders; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id8daa781c0bc84371943fd3f3bf9dbfd4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Government of the People’s Republic of China holds an interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id26a9b2e040994064969a675fa51f7ff5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National joint-stock commercial bank</header><text>The term <term>national joint-stock commercial bank</term> means a bank under the jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of China in which—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="id3f16e7362309400aa6a025e830d134dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the bank’s stock is owned jointly by the shareholders; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id82e32bfeb1fe442aac5fac59818bc043"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Government of the People’s Republic of China holds an interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="ida5a9b51453e64c3c915eb171fda94543"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National state-owned policy bank</header><text>The term <term>national state-owned policy bank</term> means a bank that—</text> <subparagraph id="idb297b57eeb6a4f8fa026a6f82695627f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is incorporated in the People’s Republic of China; and</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id4a30c704841a4ec09a443172213e8654"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was established by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to advance investments in specific policy domains that advance the interests and goals of the People’s Republic of China. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id59A86A535689457ABFC32C9EBAFD6CAE"><enum>9.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to entities owned by or affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party</header> <subsection id="id904746A857D2450482816201C5831BAA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 days after a covered determination is made, the Secretary of the Treasury shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any entity that—</text> |
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<paragraph id="idC74B7E34225745A9AA46082650092687"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party has an ownership interest in; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idF4AA3F382D7848BAA6EFEB7D433B767B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is otherwise affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party. </text></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection id="idE0D5CBC7A48F49359213B9BAB9D55B37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Blocking of property</header> |
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<paragraph id="idB2E4616B72C54D519441294D72247176"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of an entity in an industry 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.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idA713037BF3164C71A7EA29F031912F2E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inapplicability of national emergency requirement</header><text>The requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply for purposes of this section. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> |
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<section id="id057a59788d61465089c18e6f1f4033f4"><enum>10.</enum><header>Prohibition on transfers of funds involving the People's Republic of China</header> |
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<subsection id="id5CDC7D9C3C8D46E4B62C634260DBC2A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided by subsection (b), not later than 3 days after a covered determination is made, a depository institution (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/461">12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>)) or a broker or dealer in securities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78a">15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.</external-xref>) may not process transfers of funds—</text> <paragraph id="id073BF5F25EE24CC4BD38493C53C4DD27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to or from the People's Republic of China; or </text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id3DBB94BBDD0E4CE7BF24999CB266A3A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the direct or indirect benefit of officials of the Government of the People's Republic of China or members of the Chinese Communist Party.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id969399155D834142981AE39EDC3EB8B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A depository institution, broker, or dealer described in subsection (a) may process a transfer described in that subsection if the transfer—</text> |
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<paragraph id="idE84326E5AC90400C97DC4D99EC5054A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>arises from, and is ordinarily incident and necessary to give effect to, an underlying transaction that is authorized by a specific or general license; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idE724259B935148BFA8DD2763C71D09CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not involve debiting or crediting an Chinese account.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> |
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<section id="id11b8011316d147dfa6af4b7a8c62afc1"><enum>11.</enum><header>Prohibition on listing or trading of Chinese entities on United States securities exchanges</header> |
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<subsection id="id153e26514d10463fbc211fd8371db548"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Securities and Exchange Commission shall prohibit the securities of an issuer described in subsection (b) from being traded on a national securities exchange on and after the date that is 3 days after a covered determination is made.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id2b396f51604d46b6a47c847f011304b7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Issuers</header><text>An issuer described in this subsection is an issuer that is—</text> |
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<paragraph id="id07ce88d57c4649eebcd1c51a319c3e34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an official of or individual affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id86e09b253bcb48b985e2b6820368cc84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an entity that—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="id6B2CB751AF294868BB8CAB4548173A1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party has an ownership interest in; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf03df7d7cd9f402c837c4334a26849f8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is otherwise affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection id="id49b75f223ff446f393c97509f2e4368f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id4d76bde822124c8383675b7c7d03dc20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuer; security</header><text>The terms <quote>issuer</quote> and <quote>security</quote> have the meanings given those terms in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id60350612e66845a786f8a1e442049f0e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National securities exchange</header><text>The term <term>national securities exchange</term> means an exchange registered as a national securities exchange in accordance with section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78f">15 U.S.C. 78f</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="idd36d804346b64972b1a109db8a9d0e5e"><enum>12.</enum><header>Prohibition on investments by United States financial institutions that benefit the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party</header> <subsection id="id780d05ae30d441f58b0ed27d2d26b723"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 days after a covered determination is made, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prohibit any United States financial institution from making any investments described in subsection (b).</text></subsection> |
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<subsection id="id33421b0f2eaa4ba7b5f70a57f6594438" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investments described</header><text>An investment described in this subsection is a monetary investment—</text> <paragraph id="id46ade1c0dad546d3b7a421b7518fe97e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="idd3771bd1cb0443308be454975e645d62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an entity owned or controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idaae09c8a8e834f9aa9f58a0df8b178eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the People’s Liberation Army; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id5a8ca32265a64dd49ac06478c9b6d636"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the benefit of any priority industrial sector identified in the <quote>Made in China 2025</quote> plan or the <quote>14th Five Year Smart Manufacturing Development Plan</quote>, including—</text> <subparagraph id="id4066d62bdf694d009f4c975f6f1a2ba5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>agriculture machinery;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id05c4bad33fe14e2e964e1cf6b2a7f0be"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information technology;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id449ea4dfc948412d8215fd67d98e288d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id4fca17a8ba5247dc9f1b02875bf74ad3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>green energy and green vehicles;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id639bd67b7bdf4040ab52f7797d2685fe"><enum>(E)</enum><text>aerospace equipment;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="ida97ccf4f530047f0b39616b875e8569a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ocean engineering and high tech ships;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id047998eabc6a4f33b124f538c6183a63"><enum>(G)</enum><text>railway equipment;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id57ff558ce8a34d4da788b3b6a992c853"><enum>(H)</enum><text>power equipment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7ae883fc4ebe4258af14b231efb7e8b1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>new materials;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="idc5a81dd0bf5744f4bb766373d76ae052"><enum>(J)</enum><text>medicine and medical devices;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb3b0af5079fb4cda9423368e947df5fe"><enum>(K)</enum><text>fifth generation and future generation telecommunications and other advanced wireless networking technologies;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id19ecfc71514c42cdb0c1fef1d0fd8e0c"><enum>(L)</enum><text>semiconductor manufacturing;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id74fcd42f03124b8880ea1ea23ceb343d"><enum>(M)</enum><text>biotechnology;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="idbc346b7a82f645bf96b15dc89be867b2"><enum>(N)</enum><text>quantum computing;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id85fa880fb50845e8923a3e9b8272100a"><enum>(O)</enum><text>surveillance technologies, including facial recognition technologies and censorship software;</text></subparagraph> |
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<subparagraph id="id5b15d3d0dfa54979a37736eaf2ae11c7"><enum>(P)</enum><text>fiber optic cables; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id62f38bef8f1f46a5a5ed00093b1c3c23"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>mining and resource development. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> |
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<subsection id="idb022be05a210409fabf68e476d10e5f8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United States financial institution defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>United States financial institution</term>—</text> <paragraph id="id7E52979276BA42EE999E1C477980B635"><enum>(1)</enum><text>means any financial institution that is a United States person; and</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id1A2D9022B6EF469A838A9EBE3C37749C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes an investment company, private equity company, venture capital company, or hedge fund that is a United States person.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id94b4900a25a144fdbc3b2cefe37f0e9b"><enum>13.</enum><header>Prohibition on importation of certain goods made in the People’s Republic of China</header> <subsection id="id10494200a4454f00b8d213b667289fc9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), on and after the date that is 3 days after a covered determination is made, all goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the People’s Republic of China, or by a person working for or affiliated with an entity or industry wholly financed by the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party or in which the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party has a majority ownership interest, shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States and the importation of such goods is prohibited.</text></subsection> |
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<subsection id="id3b9bf62640744f6d8b77b807b4f95e57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a good if the President—</text> <paragraph id="ide2a648859fc04dbda74d5a25d98f5aab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that the good is necessary to the national security, economic security, or public health of the United States; and</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="idc42a78f09c8c4f54bbbc7ec8c2f41575"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public a report on that determination.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id42a0ba54967b4321b1443a9a0509f8c3"><enum>14.</enum><header>Exceptions; waiver</header> <subsection id="id4ec5c04991c14162935dfc992c4fb532"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception for intelligence activities</header><text>This Act shall not apply with respect to activities subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3091">50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.</external-xref>) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States.</text></subsection> |
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<subsection id="idc412d9111398413381b922d69bd831d0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National security waiver</header><text>The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under this Act with respect to a person if the President—</text> <paragraph id="idd64fb377a4b548d08cc5d6c3c15f0897"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph> |
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<paragraph id="id43631c3953204068908e384eed25f230" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id28362a005f0e486b938ba5c8e4428a30"><enum>15.</enum><header>Implementation; penalties</header> <subsection id="idc3161040db0b4e0a9406df376025dcd0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>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 Act.</text></subsection> |
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<subsection id="iddd50f254ab4d43359328db9c8fec16e7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this Act or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this Act shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. </text></subsection></section> </legis-body> </bill> |
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