Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the number of I-visas (foreign media) issued to state-controlled media workers from China to the number of visas issued by China to U.S. nationals who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and who seek to enter China solely to engage in such vocation.
Requires revocation of a sufficient number of I-visas issued to Chinese state media workers in order to reach parity with the number of visas issued by China for BBG employees seeking entry to China.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2899 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2899
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure open and free
journalism access in the People's Republic of China by establishing a
reciprocal relationship between the number of visas issued to state-
controlled media workers in China and in the United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 12, 2011
Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas, and Mr. Forbes)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure open and free
journalism access in the People's Republic of China by establishing a
reciprocal relationship between the number of visas issued to state-
controlled media workers in China and 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 ``Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON VISAS TO STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA WORKERS FROM THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) Limitation on I-Visas.--Section 101(a)(15)(I) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I)) is amended by
inserting ``subject to section 214(s),'' before ``upon a basis''.
(b) Reciprocity of Visas to State Media Workers.--Section 214 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(s)(1) In the case of an alien who is a state-controlled media
worker from the People's Republic of China and is seeking
classification under section 101(a)(15)(I), the Attorney General may
only issue a visa to such an alien upon a basis of reciprocity with
visas issued by the People's Republic of China to nationals of the
United States who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
and who seek to enter the People's Republic of China solely to engage
in such vocation.
``(2) For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) the term `state-controlled media worker from
the People's Republic of China' means a representative
of a media organization owned, operated, or controlled
by the People's Republic of China, including--
``(i) China Central Television;
``(ii) China Daily;
``(iii) China National Radio;
``(iv) China News Service;
``(v) China Radio International;
``(vi) China Youth Daily;
``(vii) Economic Daily;
``(viii) Global Times;
``(ix) Guangming Daily;
``(x) Legal Daily;
``(xi) Liberation Army Daily;
``(xii) People's Daily; or
``(xiii) Xinhua News Agency; and
``(B) the term `Broadcasting Board of Governors'
means--
``(i) the entity described under the
Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011; and
``(ii) any other entity that engages in
broadcasting activities as a result of such
Act.''.
SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF CERTAIN VISAS; NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.
(a) Revocation of Certain Visas.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revoke
a sufficient number of visas issued to state-controlled media workers
from the People's Republic of China so that the remaining number of
such visas does not exceed the number of visas issued by the People's
Republic of China to nationals of the United States who are employees
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and who seek to enter the
People's Republic of China solely to engage in such vocation.
(b) Revocation of Certain Nonimmigrant Status.--Not later than 30
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State shall revoke the nonimmigrant status of a sufficient number of
aliens who are state-controlled media workers from the People's
Republic of China and who entered the United States as nonimmigrants
under section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I)) so that the remaining number of such aliens with
a valid immigration status who are present in the United States does
not exceed the number of nationals of the United States who are
employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and who entered the
People's Republic of China under a nonimmigrant visa solely to engage
in such vocation.
(c) Definitions.--In this section the terms ``state-controlled
media workers from the People's Republic of China'' and ``Broadcasting
Board of Governors'' have the meanings given such terms in section
214(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)(2)).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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