House Bill Could Increase Sanctions on China for Aiding Russia
House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., reintroduced a bill April 14 that could lead to additional sanctions on China for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The No Limits Act would authorize the president to sanction Chinese entities providing material support to Russia’s defense industry or technology sector. Chinese military firms operating in Russia could face sanctions if they don't divest within 180 days.
The bill would also authorize the president to sanction Chinese entities involved in military modernization or “malicious” cyber activity, and it calls for determining whether Chinese entities involved in overseas arms sales should face sanctions. The legislation also would expand the Commerce Department’s Entity List to include subsidiaries of listed Chinese and Russian firms.
Despite several rounds of U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms aiding Russia’s war machine (see 2410300018 2406120036) and 2402230035), “there is clear and increasing evidence that People’s Republic of China entities continue to evade United States sanctions to provide material support to the defense and military industrial base of the Russian Federation,” the bill says. That relationship "requires new authorities to protect the national security of the United States."
The bill was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Moolenaar’s predecessor as committee chairman, then-Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., introduced the bill in the last Congress.