Bicameral Legislation Aims to Sanction Individuals Engaging in CCP’s Political Warfare

Two Republicans have introduced bicameral legislation aimed at countering threats posed by the “United Front” system of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), a member of the House Select Committee on the CCP, and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced the “Countering China’s Political Warfare Act” on March 13. If enacted, the legislation would empower the U.S. president to impose sanctions on individuals and entities “knowingly engage in political warfare on behalf of a foreign government or political party” against the United States. Sanctions would include visa bans and property transaction freezes....