Last progress January 9, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on January 9, 2025 by Thomas Bryant Cotton
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
This bill aims to stop Chinese police operations in the United States and protect people here from covert monitoring or intimidation. It requires the President to block the property and transactions of Chinese police departments, their top leaders, and others who help set up or run a Chinese police presence in the U.S., including those acting under China’s Public Security Bureaus or the United Front Work Department. It even names provincial police in Xinjiang and Fujian as examples.
Non‑U.S. nationals in these groups would be denied entry and visas, and any current visas would be canceled right away. The federal government would also avoid taking part in foreign‑led investigations of these people unless the President decides it is vital to Americans’ health, safety, and well‑being. A short, 30‑day case‑by‑case waiver is allowed for national security reasons.