,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aj1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,sullivan 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to state the    
policy of the ,united ,states regarding 
the need for reciprocity in the         
relationship between the ,united ,states
 and the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,true ,reciprocity ,act of #bjbj4  #b4  
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,in a number of areas1   
the relationship between the ,united    
,states and the ,people's ,republic of  
,china is not fair1 equal1 or           
reciprocal4  7#b7 ,the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china       
requires diplomats1 ,members of         
,congress1 and other officials of the   
,united ,states to obtain approval      

before admittance into the ,people's    
,republic of ,china and sometimes denies
 the entry of those individuals4        
,officials of the ,united ,states are   
very restricted with respect to where   
they can travel and with whom they can  
meet in the ,people's ,republic of      
,china4  7#c7 ,the ,government of the   
,united ,states requires diplomats of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to    
notify the ,department of ,state of     
their travel and meeting plans1 and the 
,government of the ,united ,states      
sometimes requires such diplomats to    
obtain approval from the ,department of 
,state while traveling in the ,united   
,states4 ,however1 when such approval is
 required1 it is almost always granted  
expeditiously1 and diplomats of the     
,people's ,republic of ,china are not   
restricted with respect to where they   
can travel or with whom they can meet in
 the ,united ,states4  7#d7 ,diplomats  
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
based in the ,united ,states generally  

avail themselves of the freedom to      
travel to cities in the ,united ,states 
and lobby city councils1 mayors1 and    
governors to refrain from passing       
resolutions1 issuing proclamations1 or  
making statements critical of the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china4  7#e7 ,according to the #bjah
 ,integrated ,country ,strategy of the  
,department of ,state on the ,people's  
,republic of ,china1 ,chinese law       
enforcement and security services employ
 extra-judicial means against ,u4,s4    
citizens without regard to international
 norms1 including the ,vienna ,consular 
,convention and the #aihj ,u4,s4-,china 
,bilateral ,consular ,convention4 ,these
 means include broad travel             
prohibitions1 known as exit bans1 which 
are sometimes used to prevent ,u4,s4    
citizens who are not themselves         
suspected of a crime from leaving ,china
 as a means to pressure their relatives 
or associates who are wanted by ,chinese
 law enforcement in the ,united         

,states44 ,the ,department of ,state    
also stated that ,chinese officials     
arbitrarily detain and interrogate      
,united ,states citizens for reasons    
pertaining to state security and often  
subject ,united ,states citizens to     
lengthy pretrial detention in           
substandard conditions while            
investigations are ongoing4  7#f7 ,the  
,people's ,republic of ,china is        
considered one of the least free        
countries to operate in as a journalist1
 ranked #agg out of #ahj in the #bjai   
,world ,press ,freedom ,index published 
by ,reporters ,without ,borders1 above  
,eritrea1 ,north ,korea1 and            
,turkmenistan4  7#g7 ,according to      
,freedom ,house's #bjai ,freedom of the 
,net annual report1 the ,people's       
,republic of ,china was ranked the      
world's worst abuser of internet        
freedoms for the fourth consecutive year
 with censorship reaching unprecedented 
levels4  7#h7 ,the ,government of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china restricts 

the movement of journalists from the    
,united ,states and journalists         
representing ,united ,states media      
outlets by denying entry into the       
,people's ,republic of ,china1 issuing  
short visas1 and restricting access to  
people and places unless prior approval 
is received4  7#i7 ,the ,government of  
the ,united ,states generally allows    
journalists1 diplomats1 and other       
citizens of the ,people's ,republic of  
,china to travel freely within the      
,united ,states1 including on college   
and university campuses and in the halls
 of ,congress4  7#aj7 ,the ,government  
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
either directly or indirectly funds     
,confucius ,institutes and ,confucius   
,classrooms operated on campuses of     
institutions of higher education in the 
,united ,states and in ,k-#ab public    
school districts1 but similar institutes
 funded by the ,government of the       
,united ,states are prohibited in the   
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#aa7   

,in ,april #bjaf1 the ,government of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china enacted  
legislation stating that foreign        
nongovernmental organizations operating 
in the mainland of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china and in special      
administrative regions of the ,people's 
,republic of ,china would be subjected  
to supervision by the ,government of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china1 and1 in 
,december #bjai1 the ,government of the 
,people's ,republic of ,china announced 
that it would be imposing sanctions on  
nonprofit organizations based in the    
,united ,states1 including the ,national
 ,endowment for ,democracy1 ,human      
,rights ,watch1 ,freedom ,house1 the    
,national ,democratic ,institute1 and   
the ,international ,republican          
,institute1 even if those organizations 
do not operate in the mainland of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china or in     
special administrative regions of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#ab7   
,when the ,people's ,republic of ,china 

joined the ,world ,trade ,organization  
in #bjja1 the ,people's ,republic of    
,china promised that it would liberalize
 economically1 but1 through state       
mercantilism1 has created a severely    
imbalanced trading relationship with the
 ,united ,states1 requiring forced      
transfers of intellectual property and  
imposing joint venture requirements and 
nontariff barriers4  7#ac7 ,the         
,people's ,republic of ,china provides  
massive subsidies for agriculture1      
fishery1 aluminum and steel1 and        
technology manufacturing industries that
 distort domestic and global competition
 in favor of ,chinese businesses and at 
the expense of market access for ,united
 ,states companies4 ,these distortionary
 policies harm ,united ,states          
companies1 workers1 and consumers4      
7#ad7 ,the ,people's ,republic of ,china
 uses multiple tools1 including caps on 
foreign equity ownership1 data          
localization1 and other administrative  
procedures1 to coerce foreign companies 

to transfer technology as a precondition
 for market access4 ,these policies pose
 immediate and far-reaching challenges  
for ,united ,states companies1 and limit
 market access for ,united ,states      
products and services4  7#ae7 ,the      
,people's ,republic of ,china's internet
 and online restrictions hamper the     
operations of ,united ,states businesses
 in the ,people's ,republic of ,china   
and certain ,united ,states technology  
companies are effectively banned from   
doing business in the ,people's         
,republic of ,china4  #c4 ,statement of 
policy ,it is the policy of the ,united 
,states-- 7#a7 to clearly differentiate1
 in official statements1 media          
communications1 and messaging1 between--
  7,a7 the people and culture of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china2 and  7,b7
 the ,government of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china and the ,communist  
,party of ,china2  7#b7 that ongoing    
negotiations toward a comprehensive     
trade agreement should be concluded in a

 manner that addresses unfair trading   
practices by the ,people's ,republic of 
,china2  7#c7 that such an agreement    
should1 to the extent possible-- 7,a7   
ensure that the ,people's ,republic of  
,china commits to structural changes in 
its trade and economic policies2  7,b7  
hold the ,people's ,republic of ,china  
accountable to those commitments2 and   
7,c7 promote access to reciprocal direct
 investment2 and  7#d7 to seek and      
develop a relationship with the         
,people's ,republic of ,china that is   
founded on the principles of basic      
reciprocity across sectors1 including   
economic1 diplomatic1 educational1 and  
communications sectors4  #d4 ,report on 
the manner in which the ,people's       
,republic of ,china perpetuates         
nonreciprocal relations with the ,united
 ,states  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,commerce1 the ,united    

,states ,trade ,representative1 and the 
,secretary of the ,treasury1 shall      
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the manner in    
which the ,government of the ,people's  
,republic of ,china creates barriers to 
the work of ,united ,states diplomats   
and other officials1 journalists1 and   
businesses1 and nongovernmental         
organizations based in the ,united      
,states1 in the ,people's ,republic of  
,china4  7b7 ,elements ,the report      
required by subsection 7a7 shall include
 the following3 7#a7 ,a summary of      
obstacles that ,united ,states diplomats
 and other officials1 journalists1 and  
businesses encounter when attempting to 
work in the ,people's ,republic of      
,china4  7#b7 ,a summary of the         
obstacles ,chinese diplomats and other  
officials1 journalists1 and businesses  
encounter while working in the ,united  
,states4  7#c7 ,a description of the    
efforts that officials of the ,united   
,states have made to rectify any        

differences in the treatment of         
diplomats and other officials1          
journalists1 and businesses by the      
,united ,states and by the ,people's    
,republic of ,china1 and the results of 
those efforts4  7#d7 ,an assessment of  
the impact of the sanctions announced by
 the ,government of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china in ,december #bjai  
on nonprofit organizations based in the 
,united ,states1 including the ,national
 ,endowment for ,democracy1 ,human      
,rights ,watch1 ,freedom ,house1 the    
,national ,democratic ,institute1 and   
the ,international ,republican          
,institute1 even if those organizations 
do not operate in the mainland of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china or in     
special administrative regions of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#e7 ,an
 assessment of the adherence of the     
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china1 in its treatment of ,united  
,states citizens1 to due process and the
 norms of--  7,a7 the ,convention on    

,consular ,relations1 done at ,vienna   
,april #bd1 #aifc1 and entered into     
force ,march #ai1 #aifg 7#ba ,,ust #gg72
 and  7,b7 the ,consular ,convention1   
signed at ,washington ,september #ag1   
#aihj1 and entered into force ,february 
#ai1 #aihb1 between the ,united ,states 
and the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  
7#f7 ,a summary of the adherence of the 
,people's ,republic of ,china to its    
international commitments to the ,world 
,trade ,organization4  7#g7 ,an         
assessment of lack of reciprocity       
between the ,united ,states and the     
,people's ,republic of ,china with      
respect to market access and the impacts
 of the ,people's ,republic of ,china's 
internet restrictions4  7#h7            
,recommendations on efforts that the    
,government of the ,united ,states could
 undertake to improve reciprocity in the
 relationship between the ,united       
,states and the ,people's ,republic of  
,china1 specifically regarding parity in
 the areas of diplomatic and market     

access4  7c7 ,form of report2           
availability  7#a7 ,form ,the report    
required by subsection 7a7 shall be     
submitted in unclassified form1 but may 
include a classified index4  7#b7       
,availability ,the unclassified portion 
of the report required by subsection 7a7
 shall be posted on a publicly available
 internet website of the ,department of 
,state4  7d7 ,appropriate congressional 
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate and  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives4  #e4    
,reciprocity defined ,in this ,act1 the 
term reciprocity means the mutual       
exchange of privileges between          
governments1 countries1 businesses1 or  
individuals4