119-s1623

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1623 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1623

 To require reciprocity from certain countries with respect to the 
reporting of official meetings with State and local officials, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 6, 2025

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

 To require reciprocity from certain countries with respect to the 
reporting of official meetings with State and local officials, and for 
 other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Corrupt Political

    (CCP) Influence Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES TO REPORT OFFICIAL MEETINGS 
 BETWEEN FOREIGN MISSIONS AND STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall require that foreign 
missions of covered countries notify the Department of State at least 
96 hours in advance of any meetings between any officials or 
representatives of the covered country and State or local officials in 
the United States and any official visits to educational institutions 
or research institutions in the United States.

    (b) Persons Covered.--For purposes of the requirement in subsection

    (a) , the term ``officials or representatives of the covered country'' 
includes--

    (1) all members of foreign missions of the covered country 
 in the United States;

    (2) all members of the covered country's permanent mission 
 to the United Nations; and

    (3) any officials of the covered country traveling to the 
 United States for official business.
            (c) Notification Requirements.--The notification required under 
subsection

    (a) shall include--

    (1) the date of the meeting or visit;

    (2) the location of the meeting or visit;

    (3) the name of any official or representative of the 
 covered country that will be participating in the meeting or 
 visit; and

    (4) the purpose of the meeting or visit.
            (d) Monthly Reporting Requirement.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall submit a 
 monthly report to the appropriate congressional committees 
 listing all meetings and visits notified pursuant to subsection

    (a) .

    (2) Historical data requirement for first report.--The 
 first report submitted under paragraph

    (1) shall include the 
 information on meetings and visits required to be submitted 
 under subsection
            (c) that has been collected by the Department 
 of State since it began imposing a similar requirement in 2019.

    (e) Threat Assessment Report.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 4 years and 6 months after 
 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
 the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of 
 Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to 
 the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes 
 a threat assessment for each covered country and 
 recommendations for policy changes with respect to United 
 States diplomats in such countries.

    (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph

    (1) shall be 
 submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
 annex.

    (f) Sunset.--The requirements under this section shall expire on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

    (g) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.-- The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
 of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
 Representatives.

    (2) Covered country.--The term ``covered country'' means--
        (A) the People's Republic of China;
        (B) the Russian Federation;
            (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
            (D) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
        (E) Cuba;
        (F) Venezuela;
        (G) Nicaragua; and
        (H) Afghanistan, while under control of the 
 Taliban.

    (3) Taliban.--The term ``Taliban'' means--
        (A) the entity known as the Taliban, operating in 
 Afghanistan, and designated as a specially designated 
 global terrorist under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
 1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
 prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 
 threaten to commit, or support terrorism); or
        (B) a successor entity of the entity described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) .
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