,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bejb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bi1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,cornyn7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to deny entry into the ,united 
,states of current or former government 
officials engaged in the forced         
repatriation of ,uyghurs and other      
designated aliens to the ,people's      
,republic of ,china1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,preventing the    
,forced ,return of ,uyghurs ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4  ,denial of entry into the  
,united ,states of current or former    
officials engaged in the forced         
repatriation of ,uyghurs and other      
designated aliens to the ,people's      
,republic of ,china  7a7  ,denial of    
entry  7#a7  ,in general                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and except as provided in subsection

 7b71 the ,secretary of ,state may not  
issue any visa1 and the ,attorney       
,general or the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security may not admit to the ,united  
,states or grant any immigration benefit
 or status to any current or former     
government official who the ,secretary  
of ,state determines is or was          
responsible for1 or complicit in1 the   
forced departure from their country of  
last habitual residence and return to   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china of--  
7,a7 any ,uyghur individual2 or  7,b7   
any alien who--  7i7 is a member of any 
other ethnic or religious group2 and    
7ii7 is more likely than not to be      
subject to persecution by the           
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china1 as determined by the         
,secretary of ,state4  7#b7  ,referral  
to ,office of ,foreign ,assets ,control 
,concurrent with the application of     
paragraph 7#a7 to an official described 
in that subsection1 the ,secretary shall
 refer the matter to the ,office of     

,foreign ,assets ,control of the        
,department of the ,treasury to         
determine whether to apply sanctions    
authorities in accordance with ,united  
,states law to block the transfer of    
property and interests in property1 and 
all financial transactions1 in the      
,united ,states involving such official4
  7b7  ,waiver  ,the ,secretary of      
,state may waive the application of     
subsection 7a7 with respect to an       
official described in that subsection if
 the ,secretary determines that--  7#a7 
such a waiver is in the national        
interest of the ,united ,states2 or     
7#b7 the circumstances that caused the  
official to be ineligible under that    
subsection for a visa or an immigration 
benefit or status have changed          
sufficiently4  7c7  ,report  7#a7  ,in  
general  ,not later than #ij days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and every #ahj days thereafter until the
 date on which this section ceases to   
have effect under subsection 7d71 the   

,secretary of ,state shall submit to the
 appropriate committees of ,congress a  
report that includes1 for the period    
covered by the report--  7,a7           
information on each official denied     
admission or an immigration benefit or  
status under subsection 7a77#a72 and    
7,b7 a list of waivers granted under    
subsection 7b71 and the justification   
for each waiver4  7#b7  ,form  ,each    
report submitted under this subsection  
shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may include a classified annex4     
7#c7  ,appropriate committees of        
,congress defined  ,in this subsection1 
the term appropriate committees of      
,congress means--  7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations and the          
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on    
,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary of the ,house of         
,representatives4  7d7  ,termination    
,this section shall cease to have effect
 on the date that is #e years after the 

date of the enactment of this ,act4