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Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2025
To make members of the Chinese Communist Party and their family members ineligible for F or J visas, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill makes members of the Chinese Communist Party ineligible for F visas (student visas) and J visas (exchange visitor visas) to study or participate in academic exchange programs in the United States. The prohibition also applies to family members of CCP members, defined as spouses, children, parents, siblings, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. The bill includes an exception for individuals whose admission is necessary to comply with the United Nations Headquarters Agreement or other international obligations. The President may also issue a waiver if certifying in writing to Congress that the waiver is in the national security interest of the United States.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Jan 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To make members of the Chinese Communist Party and their family members ineligible for F or J visas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Higher Education from the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN VISAS OF MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
(a) Grounds for Exclusion.—An alien may not be accorded status or receive a visa under subparagraph (F) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) if the alien is a person who is, as of the date of enactment of this Act or at any time thereafter—
(1) any member of the Chinese Communist Party, including such a member who has served on the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party; or
(2) a family member of a person described in paragraph (1).
(b) Family Member.—For purposes of this section, the term “family member” means, with respect to a person, that person’s spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, niece, or nephew.
(c) Exception To Comply With United Nations Headquarters Agreement.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual if admitting the individual to the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other applicable international obligations.
(d) National Security Waiver.—The President, or a designee of the President, may waive the application of subsection (a) if the President or such designee certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that such waiver is in the national security interest of the United States. <all>
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