Bipartisan House Bill Could Sanction Chinese Officials for Human Rights Abuses
A bipartisan bill reintroduced in the House this week could require new sanctions against members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and could declare the CCP and President Xi Jinping have “committed numerous human rights violations, including genocide.” The lawmakers didn't immediately release the bill's text, but under a version of the Stop CCP Act introduced in the last Congress, the U.S. president would be required to sanction any former or current member of China’s National Communist Party Congress along with their adult family members.
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Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., who reintroduced the measure along with Reps. Lisa McClain, R-Mich.; Vern Buchanan, R-Fla.; and Chris Pappas, D-N.H., said the bill would “hold President Xi and his inner circle accountable through sanctions” for “numerous human rights abuses,” including against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. Pappas said sanctioning the “most trusted members of President Xi’s inner circle sends a strong message that the United States condemns these atrocities and continues to stand alongside our democratic allies in the region.”