Sec. 14. Authorization of sanctions
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The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(b)with respect to a foreign person the President determines, based on credible evidence, is one of the following: A government official, or a senior associate of such an official, of China. A Chinese manufacturer or supplier, or a corporate officer of, or a principal shareholder with controlling interests in, such a manufacturer or supplier, in the following industries: Artificial intelligence. Genetic engineering technologies. Semiconductors. Lithium battery manufacturing. High-capacity computing. Quantum computing. Medical equipment. Pharmaceuticals. Robotics. Biotechnology. An individual, corporate officer, or principal shareholder with controlling interests in a medical equipment supplier or pharmaceutical manufacturer entity that profited from the global response to the spread of the virus responsible for COVID–19. A citizen of China who the President determines to— be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, the misappropriation, receipt, or use of intellectual property stolen from United States persons if that misappropriation, receipt, or use is reasonably likely to result in, or has materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States; have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of— any activity described in subparagraph (A); or any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to subsection (b)(1); be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to subsection (b)(1); have attempted to engage in any of the activity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or be a corporate officer of, or a principal shareholder with controlling interests in, an entity described in any of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). A Chinese state-owned entity or a Chinese entity financed, directed, or controlled by the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, that the President determines to, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act— be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, censorship, surveillance, or any other similar or related activity through means of telecommunications, including the internet; have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of— any activity described in subparagraph (A); or any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to subsection (b)(1); be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to subsection (b)(1); have attempted to engage in any of the activity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or be a corporate officer of, or a principal shareholder with controlling interests in, an entity described in any of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a foreign person identified in the report required under subsection
(a)if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a United States person. A foreign person described in subsection
(a)and his or her immediate family members is— inadmissible to the United States; ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and 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.). A foreign person described in subsection
(a)is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. A revocation under clause
(i)shall— take effect immediately; and automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. Sanctions under this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a foreign person if admitting or paroling such person into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. 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. The President may waive the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person identified in the report required under subsection
(a)if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States. The President may terminate the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15 days before such termination takes effect that China— acknowledges intentionally distorting and concealing information concerning the spread of the virus responsible for COVID–19; and provides compensation to the United States for such actions described in paragraph (1), which caused an avoidable injury to— the life, health, and property of the citizens of the United States; and the national economy of the United States. The authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under this section shall not include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. In this subsection, the term “good” means any article, natural or man-made substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The term foreign person means— an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or a corporation, partnership, or other entity which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign country or which has its principal place of business outside the United States.
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