January 9, 2025
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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
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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.