Chinese Communist Party Accountability Act of 2021

12/30/2022, 7:33 AM

Chinese Communist Party Accountability Act of 2021

This bill requires sanctions on certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and officials of Chinese health agencies.

The President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person who is a CCP official and who is knowingly responsible for or complicit in (1) the disappearances of whistleblowers and citizen journalists in China relating to COVID-19, or (2) limiting free speech and academic freedom in China relating to COVID-19.

The President must also impose such sanctions on specified individuals who have leadership positions in China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention and China's National Health Commission.

The authority to impose such sanctions shall end when the President certifies to Congress that an independent and unimpeded investigation into the potential origin of COVID-19 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has taken place.

Congress
117

Number
S - 2933

Introduced on
2021-10-05

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

10/5/2021

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Chinese Communist Party Accountability Act of 2021

This bill requires sanctions on certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and officials of Chinese health agencies.

The President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person who is a CCP official and who is knowingly responsible for or complicit in (1) the disappearances of whistleblowers and citizen journalists in China relating to COVID-19, or (2) limiting free speech and academic freedom in China relating to COVID-19.

The President must also impose such sanctions on specified individuals who have leadership positions in China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention and China's National Health Commission.

The authority to impose such sanctions shall end when the President certifies to Congress that an independent and unimpeded investigation into the potential origin of COVID-19 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has taken place.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to impose sanctions with respect to members of the Chinese Communist Party and heads of Chinese health agencies relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
International Affairs

Potential Impact
Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign property
Health programs administration and funding
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
News media and reporting
Political parties and affiliation
Sanctions
Visas and passports
World health

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Latest Summary2/3/2022

Chinese Communist Party Accountability Act of 2021

This bill requires sanctions on certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and officials of Chinese health agencies.

The President must impose visa- and ...


Latest Action10/5/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.