,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1       
#bjbj,mrs4 ,lesko 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,biggs1   
,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,perry1    
,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,riggleman1 and ,mr4 
,brooks of ,alabama7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit certain members of 
the ,chinese ,communist ,party from     
entering the ,united ,states until such 
time as the ,government of the ,people's
 ,republic of ,china ceases the theft of
 the intellectual property of the       
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,stop ,china's ,,ip ,theft 
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,china is perpetrating 
what ,secretary of ,defense ,mark ,esper
 has called the greatest intellectual   
property theft in human history4  7#b7  
,a report by the ,australian ,strategic 

,policy ,institute has found that since 
#bjjg approximately #ejj ,chinese       
military scientists were sent to the    
,united ,states to study4 ,according to 
the report ,china has been sending      
soldiers to study science and           
engineering in ,western universities    
including the ,united ,states as part of
 a widespread effort to collect military
 technology4  #c4 ,statement of policy  
,it is the policy of the ,united ,states
 to prohibit the entry of ,chinese      
,communist ,party leaders and military  
and government officials of the         
,people's ,republic of ,china into the  
,united ,states until the ,government of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china      
ceases its efforts to infringe on the   
intellectual property rights of the     
,united ,states4  #d4 ,restriction on   
issuance of visas  7a7 ,restriction ,the
 ,secretary of ,state may not issue a   
visa to1 and the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security shall deny entry to the      
,united ,states of1 each of the         

following3 7#a7 senior officials in the 
,chinese ,communist ,party1 including   
the ,politburo1 the ,central ,committee1
 and each delegate to the #aith         
,national ,congress of the ,chinese     
,communist ,party2  7#b7 the spouses and
 children of the senior officials       
described in paragraph 7#a72  7#c7      
members of the cabinet of the           
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china2 and  7#d7 active duty members
 of the ,people's ,liberation ,army of  
,china4  7b7 ,applicability ,the        
restriction under subsection 7a7 shall  
not apply for any year in which the     
,director of ,national ,intelligence    
certifies to the ,committees on the     
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,senate that   
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china has ceased          
sponsoring1 funding1 facilitating1 and  
actively working to support efforts to  
infringe on the intellectual property   
rights of citizens and companies of the 

,united ,states4