,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
imposition of sanctions with respect to 
censorship and related activities       
against citizens of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,ending  
,medical ,censorship and ,cover ,ups in 
,china ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,imposition  
of sanctions with respect to censorship 
and related activities against citizens 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,president shall   
impose the sanctions described in       
subsection 7c7 with respect to each     
person on the list required by          
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,list required     
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,president shall submit  

to the appropriate congressional        
committees a list of persons that the   
,president determines have1 on or after 
such date of enactment1 engaged in      
censorship or other activities with     
respect to the ,people's ,republic of   
,china that-- 7,a7 prohibit1 limit1 or  
penalize the exercise of freedom of     
expression or assembly by citizens of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china1      
including prohibitions1 limitations1 or 
penalties related to the use of social  
media2  7,b7 penalize citizens of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china for the   
public dissemination of accurate        
epidemiological information1 including  
information related to emerging diseases
 or pathogens2 or  7,c7 limit access to 
print1 broadcast1 digital1 or social    
media4  7#b7 ,updates of list ,the      
,president shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees an 
updated list under paragraph 7#a7 not   
less frequently than annually and as new
 information becomes available4  7#c7   

,form of report2 public availability    
7,a7 ,form ,each list required by this  
subsection shall be submitted in        
unclassified form but may include a     
classified annex4  7,b7 ,public         
availability ,the unclassified portion  
of a list required by this subsection   
shall be posted on publicly available   
websites of the ,department of the      
,treasury and the ,department of ,state4
  7c7 ,sanctions described  7#a7 ,in    
general ,the sanctions described in this
 subsection are the following3 7,a7     
,property blocking ,the ,president      
shall1 pursuant to the ,international   
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq471 block and     
prohibit all transactions in property   
and interests in property of a person on
 the list required by subsection 7b7 if 
such property and interests in property 
are in the ,united ,states1 come within 
the ,united ,states1 or are or come     
within the possession or control of a   
,united ,states person4  7,b7 ,aliens   

ineligible for visas1 admission1 or     
parole  7i7 ,exclusion from the united  
states ,the ,secretary of ,state shall  
deny a visa to1 and the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security shall exclude from  
the ,united ,states1 any alien on the   
list required by subsection 7b74  7ii7  
,current visas revoked  7,i7 ,in general
 ,the issuing consular officer1 the     
,secretary of ,state1 or the ,secretary 
of ,homeland ,security 7or a designee of
 any such officer or ,secretary7 shall  
revoke any visa or other entry          
documentation issued to an alien on the 
list required by subsection 7b71        
regardless of when the visa or other    
documentation was issued4  7,,ii7       
,effect of revocation ,a revocation     
under subclause 7,i7 shall take effect  
immediately and shall automatically     
cancel any other valid visa or entry    
documentation that is in the alien's    
possession4  7#b7 ,inapplicability of   
national emergency requirement ,the     
requirements under section #bjb of the  

,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja7 shall
 not apply for purposes of paragraph    
7#a77;,a74  7d7 ,exceptions  7#a7       
,intelligence activities ,this section  
shall not apply with respect to         
activities subject to the reporting     
requirements under title ,v of the      
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjia et seq47 or any         
authorized intelligence activities of   
the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,compliance  
with united nations headquarters        
agreement ,subsection 7c77#a77;,b7 shall
 not apply with respect to the admission
 of an alien to the ,united ,states if  
such admission is necessary to comply   
with ,united ,states obligations under  
the ,agreement between the ,united      
,nations and the ,united ,states of     
,america regarding the ,headquarters of 
the ,united ,nations1 signed at ,lake   
,success ,june #bf1 #aidg1 and entered  
into force ,november #ba1 #aidg1 under  
the ,convention on ,consular ,relations1

 done at ,vienna ,april #bd1 #aifc1 and 
entered into force ,march #ai1 #aifg1 or
 under other international obligations4 
7e7 ,implementation2 penalties  7#a7    
,implementation ,the ,president may     
exercise all authorities provided under 
sections #bjc and #bje of the           
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb and   
#agjd7 to carry out this section4  7#b7 
,penalties ,a person that violates1     
attempts to violate1 conspires to       
violate1 or causes a violation of       
subsection 7c77#a77;,a7 or any          
regulation1 license1 or order issued to 
carry out that subsection shall be      
subject to the penalties set forth in   
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf 
of the ,international ,emergency        
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agje7 to the same extent as a person   
that commits an unlawful act described  
in subsection 7a7 of that section4  7f7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,admission2 admitted2 alien ,the terms  

admission1 admitted1 and alien have the 
meanings given those terms in section   
#aja of the ,immigration and            
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja74 
7#b7 ,appropriate congressional         
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1  
the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1   
and ,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on  
,finance1 and the ,committee on         
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the          
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the    
,committee on ,financial ,services1 the 
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and the 
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives4  7#c7 ,united ,states 
person ,the term ,united ,states person 
means-- 7,a7 a ,united ,states citizen  
or an alien lawfully admitted to the    
,united ,states for permanent residence2
 or  7,b7 an entity organized under the 
laws of the ,united ,states or any      

jurisdiction within the ,united ,states4