United States HR 8760: Designating the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Organized Crime Group Act

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 8760 
To designate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a transnational 
organized crime group. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MAY12, 2026 
Mr. P
ERRYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A  BILL  
To designate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a 
transnational organized crime group. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Designating  the  Chi-4
nese   Communist   Party   as   a   Transnational   Organized   5
Crime Group Act’’. 6
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7
The Congress finds the following: 8
(1)  The  90,000,000  members  of  the  Chinese  9
Communist   Party   (referred   in   this   Act   as   the   10
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‘‘CCP’’)  are  the  sole  ruling  political  party  of  the  1
People’s  Republic  of  China  (PRC)  under  the  direc-2
tion of General Secretary Xi Jinping. 3
(2)  On  June  30,  2020,  in  direct  violation  of  the  4
Sino-British  Joint  Declaration,  the  PRC  passed  a  5
draconian  national  security  law  for  Hong  Kong  that  6
gives  the  ruling  CCP  sweeping  new  powers  over  the  7
semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong. 8
(3)  The  national  security  law  allows  mainland  9
Chinese  officials  to  operate  in  Hong  Kong  and  gives  10
Beijing  the  power  to  subjugate  the  people  of  Hong  11
Kong to the dictums of the CCP. 12
(4)  The  physical  wellbeing  of  foreign  nationals  13
is  at  risk  under  the  CCP’s  new  National  Security  14
Law. 15
(5)  In  response  to  the  CCP-led  human  rights  16
violations  of  unjust  abuse  and  detention  perpetrated  17
against   the   Uyghurs,   Secretary   of   State   Mike   18
Pompeo announced on July 9, 2020, that the Trump 19
administration  would  bar  the  entry  of  the  following  20
three   prominent   CCP   officials   into   the   United   21
States— 22
(A)  Chen  Quanguo,  the  Communist  Par-23
ty’s  Secretary  of  the  Xinjiang  Uyghur  Autono-24
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mous  Region  (XUAR)  in  Northwest  China  and  1
a member of the Politburo; 2
(B)  Zhu  Hailun,  Party  Secretary  of  the  3
Xinjiang     Political     and     Legal     Committee     4
(XPLC); and 5
(C)  Wang  Mingshan,  Party  Secretary  of  6
the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB). 7
(6)  On  July  13,  2020,  the  Chinese  Foreign  8
Ministry   imposed   sanctions   against   four   United   9
States   officials,   including   Senator   Ted   Cruz   of   10
Texas,  Senator  Marco  Rubio  of  Florida,  Representa-11
tive  Chris  Smith  of  New  Jersey,  and  the  Honorable  12
Sam   Brownback,   United   States   Ambassador   for   13
International  Religious  Freedom,  in  retaliation  to  14
Mr. Pompeo’s July 9th announcement. 15
(7)  On  September  22,  2020,  the  House  of  Rep-16
resentatives  passed  H.R.  6210,  the  Uyghur  Forced  17
Labor  Prevention  Act,  in  a  wide,  bi-partisan  man-18
ner. 19
(8)   Despite   China’s   promise   to   confirm   all   20
forms  of  fentanyl  as  a  class  of  drugs  effective  May  21
1,  2019,  the  PRC  remained  the  primary  source  of  22
fentanyl  trafficked  into  the  United  States  in  2019,  23
according to a 2020 DEA Intelligence Report. 24
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(9)  Fentanyl  is  80  to  100  times  more  potent  1
than   morphine   and   killed   18,335   Americans   in   2
2018. 3
(10)   Chinese   scientists   and   authorities   knew   4
about  the  coronavirus  as  early  as  December  2019,  5
but  were  ordered  by  Chinese  government  officials  on  6
January  3,  2020,  to  transfer  samples  to  state  insti-7
tutions or destroy them. 8
(11)   The   CCP   refused   to   allow   the   World   9
Health  Organization  to  visit  their  country  and  re-10
fused  repeated  offers  of  assistance  from  the  U.S.  11
Centers  for  Disease  Control  throughout  the  month  12
of January 2020. 13
(12)  The  Chinese  government  did  not  concede  14
clear  evidence  of  human-to-human  transmission  of  15
the coronavirus until January 19, 2020. 16
(13)   China   chose   to   lock   down   the   city   of   17
Wuhan   on   January   23,   2020,   but   not   before   18
5,000,000 people had already left the city. 19
(14)  Chinese  doctors  who  attempted  to  provide  20
transparency   regarding   the   consequences   of   t