Stop CCP VISAs Act (HR2147)

Current understanding

HR2147, the Stop CCP VISAs Act of 2025, proposes restricting U.S. visas for individuals affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee with no further action reported; substantive scope (covered visa categories, definition of CCP affiliation, and exceptions) and any downstream effects on academic, business-travel, or trade-related people flows have not yet been characterized. While primarily an immigration measure, it sits adjacent to the Trade area’s China-adversary policy cluster.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-24 — Countering CCP Act: Cross-reference: S4939 (Countering CCP Act) introduced in the Senate and referred to HELP Committee, adding another 119th Congress CCP-countermeasure adjacent to HR2147’s visa-restriction approach. (novelty: 2)
• 2024-09-16 — Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024: Cross-connection with protect-america-innovation-ccp-act (HR1398): both are 119th Congress measures in the China-adversary policy cluster, but HR2147 restricts visas for CCP-affiliated individuals while HR1398 reestablishes a DOJ enforcement initiative targeting Chinese espionage and trade secret theft. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-03-14 — Stop CCP VISAs Act of 2025: cross-connection with adversaries-act: Both are 119th Congress measures targeting Chinese/CCP-linked activity, but operate through different instruments — export/trade controls (HR6331) versus visa restrictions on CCP-affiliated individuals (HR2147). (novelty: 2)

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