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US SB49

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tom Cotton

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Imposes mandatory sanctions on Chinese provincial, municipal, and jurisdictional police departments and law enforcement institutions, including specifically the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Fujian provincial police departments

  • Targets individuals directly associated with establishing or maintaining Chinese police presence in the U.S., those acting under direction of Chinese Public Security Bureaus, and those working with the United Front Work Department to covertly monitor or intimidate U.S. residents

  • Authorizes blocking of all property and financial transactions in the U.S. for sanctioned foreign persons under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

  • Makes sanctioned individuals and their immediate family members inadmissible to the U.S., ineligible for visas, and subject to immediate revocation of existing visas or entry documentation

  • Allows the President to waive sanctions only on a case-by-case basis for periods not exceeding 30 days, with certification to Congress 15 days in advance that the waiver is vital to national security

Legislative Description

Expel Illegal Chinese Police Act of 2025

International affairs

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

1/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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