Sec. 210. Sense of Congress on centrality of sanctions and other restrictions to strategic competition with China

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Congress makes the following findings: Sanctions and other restrictions, when used as part of a coordinated and comprehensive strategy, are a powerful tool to advance United States foreign policy and national security interests. Congress has authorized and mandated broad range of sanctions and other restrictions to address malign behavior and incentivize behavior change by individuals and entities in the PRC. The sanctions and other restrictions authorized and mandated by Congress address a range of malign PRC behavior, including— intellectual property theft; cyber-related economic espionage; repression of ethnic minorities; other human rights abuses; abuses of the international trading system; illicit assistance to and trade with the Government of North Korea; and drug trafficking, including trafficking in fentanyl and other opioids;

The sanctions and other restrictions described in this section include the following: The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 ; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). Section 1637 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708 ). The Fentanyl Sanctions Act ( 21 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). The Hong Kong Autonomy Act ( Public Law 116–149 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note). Section 7 of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note).

Section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–145 ; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note). The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.). Export control measures required to be maintained with respect to entities in the telecommunications sector of the People’s Republic of China, including under section 1260I of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ). Section 311 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–44 ; 131 Stat. 942).

Full implementation of the authorities described in paragraph

(4)is required under the respective laws described therein and pursuant to the Take Care Clause of the Constitution (article II, section 3). It is the sense of Congress that— the executive branch has not fully implemented the sanctions and other restrictions described in subsection (a)(4) despite the statutory and constitutional requirements to do so; and the President’s full implementation and execution of the those authorities is a necessary and essential component to the success of the United States in the strategic competition with China.

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Pub. L. 114-328
22 USC 2656
50 USC 1708
21 USC 2301
Pub. L. 116-149
22 USC 5701
Pub. L. 116-76
Pub. L. 116-145
22 USC 6901
50 USC 4801
Pub. L. 116-92
Pub. L. 115-44
131 Stat. 942

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Sense of Congress on centrality of sanctions and other restrictions to strategic competition with China

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