HB7780, titled the One Nation, One Visa Policy Act, would bar the Secretary of Homeland Security from admitting any national of the People’s Republic of China, or any person traveling on a PRC-issued passport, unless that individual has a valid visa. The bill also prohibits the use of Department of Homeland Security funds to allow Chinese nationals to enter through the Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Visa Waiver Program, the Economic Vitality & Security Travel Authorization Program, or any similar visa-free admission program.
The bill defines “People’s Republic of China” to include Hong Kong and Macau, and it incorporates existing immigration-law definitions for other terms. In practical terms, it would eliminate visa-free or visa-waiver entry options for Chinese nationals and require standard visa processing for admission to the United States under the covered programs.
Impact
If enacted, the bill would amend the operation of federal immigration and border-admission policy by restricting DHS authority to admit Chinese nationals without visas and by cutting off federal funding for any program that permits such visa-free entry. It would directly affect the Immigration and Nationality Act’s Guam/CNMI visa waiver framework and any related DHS travel authorization programs, while also affecting travelers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau who would no longer be eligible for the covered visa-free admission pathways.
Sentiment
There is no recorded committee debate or vote history in the provided materials, so overall sentiment cannot be measured from formal proceedings. Based on the bill text and sponsorship, the measure appears to reflect a restrictive immigration and national-security posture toward the PRC, with supporters likely viewing it as a security and visa-integrity measure. No opposing arguments are documented in the supplied record.
Contention
The main point of contention is likely to be whether the bill is a necessary national-security safeguard or an overly broad nationality-based restriction on travel and admission. Potential critics may object that it treats all PRC nationals, including residents of Hong Kong and Macau, as a single category and removes existing visa-waiver flexibility for Guam and the CNMI. Supporters would likely argue that the bill closes perceived loopholes and prevents visa-free entry by nationals of a strategic competitor.
Chinese Communist Party Visa Disclosure Act of 2025 or the CCP Visa Disclosure Act of 2025This bill requires an applicant for an F, J, or M (student or exchange visitor) visa to disclose in the application certain information about whether the applicant has received or will receive funds from the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or an entity controlled by either. If an individual receives such funds after receiving such a visa, the individual must inform the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State.Any visa issued to an individual who violates these disclosure requirements may be revoked.
World Deserves To Know Act This bill requires sanctions on certain members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and officials of Chinese health agencies. It also addresses related issues. The President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person who is a CCP official and who is knowingly responsible for or complicit in (1) the disappearances of whistleblowers and citizen journalists in China relating to COVID-19, or (2) limiting free speech and academic freedom in China relating to COVID-19. The President must also impose such sanctions on specified individuals who have leadership positions in China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention and China's National Health Commission (NHC). The authority to impose such sanctions shall end when the President certifies to Congress that an independent and unimpeded investigation into the potential origin of COVID-19 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has taken place. The bill also bars federal funds and certain federal student assistance from going to institutions of higher education that enter into a contract with any element or China-based affiliate of the NHC. Federal funding to the National Academy of Sciences may not be used to enter into a contract with any element or China-based affiliate of the NHC. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress a review of all funds that the National Institutes of Health have made available to the NHC since FY2010. This report must also be publicly available.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the harmful conflation of China's "One China Principle" and the United States'"One China Policy".