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[H.R. 7590 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7590
To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student
visas to nationals of certain covered nations.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 8, 2024
Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Gallagher, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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A BILL
To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student
visas to nationals of certain covered nations.
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 ``Breaking Beijing's Hold on Campus
Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF DIPLOMATIC AND STUDENT
VISAS.
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(s) Certain Conditions on the Issuance of Diplomatic and Student
Visas.--
``(1) Certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic
visas.--An alien who is a national of a covered nation may not
be accorded status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (A) or
(G) of section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a
certification that the alien--
``(A) will not engage in any efforts to collect or
transmit information concerning, open any lines of
communication with, or encourage other persons to
report on, any student that is a national of a covered
nation for the purposes of--
``(i) monitoring whether such student is
exercising their rights protected under the
Constitution and laws of the United States in a
way that the government or ruling party of a
covered nation may oppose; or
``(ii) for suppressing said exercise of
rights;
``(B) will not engage in any efforts to collect or
transmit information concerning, open any lines of
communication with, or encourage other persons to
report on, any student with a family member that
resides in a covered nation for the purposes of--
``(i) monitoring whether such student is
exercising their rights protected under the
Constitution and laws of the United States in a
way that the government or ruling party of a
covered nation opposes; or
``(ii) for suppressing said exercise of
rights; and
``(C) will not engage in any other form of
transnational repression on behalf of any government or
ruling party of a covered nation or any agent of a
covered nation.
``(2) Certain conditions on the issuance of student visa.--
An alien who is a national of a covered nation may not be
accorded status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (J),
or (M) of section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a
certification that the alien--
``(A) will not report on students who are nationals
of a covered nation to the government, the ruling
party, or an agent of a covered nation, or to any agent
or government for the purpose of sharing such
information with a government, ruling party, or agent
of a covered nation, for that student's exercise of
rights protected under the Constitution and laws of the
United States;
``(B) will not report on any student with a family
member that resides in a covered nation to the
government, the ruling party, or an agent of that
covered nation for that student's exercise of rights
protected under the Constitution and laws of the United
States; and
``(C) will not engage in any other form of
transnational repression on behalf of a covered nation
or any agent of a covered nation.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Covered nation.--The term `covered nation'
means the People's Republic of China, the Russian
Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the
Democractic People's Republic of Korea.
``(B) Institution of higher education.--The term
`institution of higher education' has the meaning given
to it in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
``(C) Transnational repression.--The term
`transnational repression' means any action by a
foreign government, a ruling party of a foreign
country, or any person operating on behalf of a
government or ruling party of a foreign country that
meets each of the following criteria:
``(i) The action involves--
``(I) any effort intended to
intimidate or coerce a person to take
an action in the interest of a
government or ruling party of a foreign
country;
``(II) any effort intended to
intimidate or coerce a person to take
an action to prevent that person from
exercising a right protected under the
Constitution or laws of the United
States;
``(III) any effort to engage in an
extrajudicial killing or abduction to
prevent that person from exercising a
right protected under the Constitution
or laws of the United States; or
``(IV) providing support to an
effort described in clauses (i), (ii),
and (iii).
``(ii) The activity is engaged in for the
purpose of suppressing dissent against or
otherwise advancing the interests of a
government or ruling party of a foreign
country.
``(iii) The activity occurs, in whole or in
part, in the United States and is committed
against a United States person or a person in
the United States.
``(4) Violations.--
``(A) If the Secretary of State determines, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security,
that an alien has committed any act in violation of a
certification made under paragraph (1) or (2), any
status as a nonimmigrant accorded to that alien shall
be terminated immediately.
``(B) If the Secretary of State determines, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security,
that any other nonimmigrant who is a national of a
covered nation has acted as an agent of that country
and has engaged in any conduct described in clauses (i)
through (iii) of paragraph (2)(A), any status as a
nonimmigrant accorded to that alien shall be terminated
immediately.''.
SEC. 3. PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall require any member of
a foreign mission (as such term is defined in section 202 of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956) of a covered nation (as such
term is defined in section 214(s)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act) seeking to visit any institution of higher education or any other
research institution in the United States to submit to the Secretary--
(1) a prior notification of their intent to visit said
institution; and
(2) a request for approval to visit said institution.
(b) Limitation on Approval.--The Secretary may not grant such
request for approval before the date that is 30 days after an
unclassified notification of the request to visit is submitted to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and a notification of the
request is provided to the Secretary of Education.
(c) Visit Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the term
``visit'' means an individual being present on the premises of an
institution of higher education, or any other research institution in
the United States, as well as being present on the premises of any
facility owned or leased by said institutions.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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