TIANANMEN Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 31, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Targeting Invasive Autocratic Networks, And Necessary Mandatory Export Notifications Act of 2019 or the TIANANMEN Act of 2019
This bill imposes sanctions on foreign entities related to surveillance in China's Xinjiang province.
The President shall (1) report to Congress a list of foreign entities that provide the Chinese government with technology to conduct surveillance in Xinjiang; and (2) consider whether specified entities, such as China Communications Services Co. Ltd., should be on the list. Entities on the list shall be subject to Bureau of Industry and Security export licensing requirements. Such entities, and any corporate officer or primary shareholder, shall be subject to property-blocking sanctions.
The Department of Commerce may not remove Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (or any subsidiaries or affiliates) from the President's list until the President certifies that Huawei (1) is not involved in activities contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests, and (2) does not conduct or facilitate Chinese government surveillance in Xinjiang.
U.S. entities that conduct transactions with entities on the President's list shall disclose such transactions to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 31, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jul 31, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jul 31, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46750 | Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Mar 31, 2021 |
| R45956 | Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Oct 9, 2019 |
| R45898 | U.S.-China Relations Archived | Report | Sep 3, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to impose sanctions with respect to surveillance in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- TIANANMEN Act of 2019
- Targeting Invasive Autocratic Networks, And Necessary Mandatory Export Notifications Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- China
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Foreign and international corporations
- Foreign property
- Genetics
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- Photography and imaging
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sanctions
- Securities
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Trade restrictions
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
