[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2657 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 241
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2657
To impose sanctions relating to the support of the People's Republic of
China for the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
October 30, 2025
Reported by Mr. Risch, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To impose sanctions relating to the support of the People's Republic of
China for the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Severing Technology
Transfer Operations and Partnerships between China and Russia Act of
2025'' or the ``STOP China and Russia Act of 2025''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Admission; admitted; alien; etc.--The terms
``admission'', ``admitted'', ``alien'', ``lawfully admitted for
permanent residence'', and ``national'' have the meanings given
those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) PRC person.--The term ``PRC person'' means--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) an individual who is a citizen or
national of the People's Republic of China;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) an entity that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) is located or headquartered
within the People's Republic of China;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) is organized under the law
of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction
of, the People's Republic of China.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person''
means any person that is not a United States person.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a
person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the
conduct, the circumstance, or the result (as the case may
be).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Person.--The term ``person'' means an
individual or entity.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) United states person.--The term ``United
States person'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a United States citizen or an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United
States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) an entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) any person in the United
States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following
findings:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Between June 28, 2022, and January 15, 2025,
with strong bipartisan support, the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of
State designated, for the imposition of sanctions, a wide range
of entities and individuals based in the People's Republic of
China that have been involved in supplying goods to Russian
entities responsible for developing, producing, and supplying
items critical to the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation. Those designations targeted, among other entities,
producers and exporters of computer numerical control items,
electro-optical equipment, radar components, satellite imagery,
aviation components, chemical ingredients in Russian
explosives, and other defense and dual-use equipment and
technology critical to the Russian Federation's defense
industrial base.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Entities and individuals based in the People's
Republic of China continue to evade United States sanctions to
provide material support to the defense industrial base of the
Russian Federation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Under Executive Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; related to addressing the threat from securities
investments that finance Communist Chinese military companies),
the President found that the People's Republic of China
``increases the size of the country's military-industrial
complex by compelling civilian Chinese companies to support its
military and intelligence activities. Those companies, though
remaining ostensibly private and civilian, directly support the
PRC's military, intelligence, and security apparatuses and aid
in their development and modernization.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Ongoing support for the defense industrial
base of the Russian Federation by the People's Republic of
China requires concerted action by the Department of the
Treasury and the Department of State to protect the national
security of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Russian Federation's continued invasion of
Ukraine is directly enabled by the ongoing support of the
People's Republic of China for the defense industrial base of
the Russian Federation; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in response, and to impede the support of the
People's Republic of China for the Russian Federation's war
against Ukraine, the President should--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) cut off financing avenues for entities
in the People's Republic of China that are providing
material support to the defense and related sectors of
the economy of the Russian Federation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) impose sanctions with respect to
entities and individuals in the People's Republic of
China involved in the export of weapons and dual-use
technology to the Russian Federation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) determine whether the United States
should impose sanctions with respect to major arms
exporters in the People's Republic of China for aiding
the defense industrial base of the Russian Federation;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) develop a strategy to coordinate with
allies and partners of the United States to deter and
undermine the ongoing support of the People's Republic
of China for the Russian Federation's war in
Ukraine.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SUPPORT BY THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
BASE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--On and after the date that is 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose
the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign
person the President determines--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) is a PRC person or is under the control of a
PRC person; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) that knowingly sells, leases, provides, or
facilitates selling, leasing, or providing, goods or services
to or for the ultimate use by the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation or the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) computer numerical control tools and
associated machinery, software, and maintenance or
upgrade services;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) lubricant additives;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) nitrocellulose, wood cellulose, and
associated additives and components necessary for the
production of propellant or energetics for
munitions;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) chemical coatings;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) fiber optic cables with military
applications and associated technologies needed to
manufacture such cables; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) advanced sensors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Sanctions Described.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Property blocking.--The President shall
exercise all of the powers granted by the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the
extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all
property and interests in property of a foreign person
described in subsection (a) if such property and interests in
property are in the United States, come within the United
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a
United States person.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Aliens inadmissible for visas, admission, or
parole.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--In the case of an alien
described in subsection (a), the alien is--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) inadmissible to the United
States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) ineligible to receive a visa
or other documentation to enter the United
States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) otherwise ineligible to be
admitted or paroled into the United States or
to receive any other benefit under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101
et seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Current visas revoked.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) In general.--The visa or other
entry documentation of an alien described in
subsection (a) shall be revoked, regardless of
when such visa or other entry documentation is
or was issued.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) Immediate effect.--A
revocation under clause (i) shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) take effect
immediately; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) automatically cancel
any other valid visa or entry
documentation that is in the alien's
possession.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Implementation; Penalties.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise
the authorities provided to the President under sections 203
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Regulations.--The President shall issue such
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to
any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to
violate, or causes a violation of this section, or any license,
order, regulation, or prohibition issued under this section, to
the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that
commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of such Act
(50 U.S.C. 1705(a)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Exceptions.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Exception for intelligence and law enforcement
actions.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply with
respect to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) any activity subject to the reporting
requirements under title V of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) any authorized intelligence or law
enforcement activities of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Exception to comply with international
obligations.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply to
the admission or parole of an alien into the United States if
such admission or parole 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 Nations, signed at Lake Success June
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, or under
the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24,
1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other
international obligations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--The authorities and
requirements to impose sanctions authorized under this
section shall not include the authority or requirement
to impose sanctions on the importation of
goods.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the
term ``good'' means any article, natural or manmade
substance, material, supply or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person for
renewable periods of not more than 90 days each if the President
determines and reports to Congress that such a waiver is in the
national interests of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONS ON ARMS MANUFACTURERS OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ENGAGED IN WEAPONS SALES
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Determination.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, with respect to each
entity specified in subsection (b)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a determination of whether the entity engages in
activities described in subsection (c); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) if the President determines the entity engages
in such activities, impose the sanctions described in section
4(b) with respect to the entity.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Entities Specified.--The entities specified in this
subsection are the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) China North Industries Group
Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Aviation Industry Corporation of
China.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) China Electronics Technology Group
Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) China South Industries Group
Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) China Aerospace Science and Industry
Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) China General Nuclear Power Group.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) China National Nuclear Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) China State Shipbuilding
Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Activities Described.--The activities described in
this subsection are providing, selling, transporting, or facilitating
the sale or transport of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) arms, weapons, weapons systems, or component
parts for such arms, weapons, or weapons systems, to any entity
in the Russian Federation or for ultimate use by the Armed
Forces of the Russian Federation; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) any goods described in section
4(a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. STRATEGY TO COORDINATE WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO
DETER AND UNDERMINE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S WAR IN
UKRAINE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Strategy Required.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to
engage with allies and partners of the United States with
respect to the development of coordinated diplomatic,
sancti