119-s2125

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2125 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2125

 To require a report on the wealth of the leadership of the Chinese 
 Communist Party, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 18, 2025

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select 
 Committee on Intelligence

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 A BILL

 To require a report on the wealth of the leadership of the Chinese 
 Communist Party, 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 ``Prying Into Chinese Tyrants' 
Unreported Riches, Earnings, and Secrets Act'' or the ``PICTURES Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress makes the following findings:

    (1) The Chinese Communist Party

    (CCP) operates as an 
 opaque, authoritarian regime in which political power is 
 concentrated in the hands of a relatively small group of senior 
 officials.

    (2) The leadership of the CCP, including full members of 
 the Central Committee and the Central Committee's Politburo 
 (also known as the Political Bureau) and Politburo Standing 
 Committee, exert significant control over economic, military, 
 and political affairs both within the People's Republic of 
 China and externally.

    (3) Numerous credible reports and investigations have 
 revealed that senior CCP officials and their families have 
 amassed substantial wealth, often hidden through opaque 
 financial structures, foreign holdings, and proxies.

    (4) A report issued by the Office of the Director of 
 National Intelligence

    (ODNI) in March 2025 provided an 
 important initial assessment of the financial assets of CCP 
 leaders. A subsequent report, incorporating photographic 
 evidence of CCP leaders' wealth and corruption, could build 
 upon that work to further expose the hypocrisy and duplicity of 
 the Chinese Communist Party.

    (5) Understanding the financial interests, personal assets, 
 and overseas holdings of CCP leaders is essential to informing 
 United States foreign policy, national security, and economic 
 security decision-making.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that--

    (1) the effectiveness and credibility of intelligence 
 reporting on sensitive subjects, including the wealth of senior 
 CCP officials, depends upon the full cooperation of all 
 relevant components of the United States intelligence 
 community; and

    (2) all related nonpublic information, including classified 
 intelligence, financial data, and foreign partner reporting, 
 must be made available within the United States intelligence 
 community to support such assessments to the fullest extent 
 possible consistent with the protection of sources and methods.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON THE WEALTH OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 
 PARTY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not later than 180 days following the 
appointment of a new Central Committee within the CCP, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall post on a publicly available website of the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence and submit to the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report on 
the wealth of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.

    (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection

    (a) shall 
include the following elements:

    (1) A detailed assessment of the personal wealth, financial 
 holdings, and business interests of full Central Committee 
 members and the head of the Central Commission for Discipline 
 Inspection, including all immediate family members of such 
 foreign persons, prioritizing the following individuals:
        (A) The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist 
 Party.
        (B) Members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
            (C) Members of the full Politburo.
            (D) Provincial-level Party Secretaries.
        (E) Members of the Central Military Commission.

    (2) Documentation and, as available, photographic evidence 
 of physical and financial assets owned or controlled directly 
 or indirectly by such officials and their immediate family 
 members, including, at a minimum--
        (A) real estate holdings inside and outside the 
 People's Republic of China, including the Special 
 Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau;
        (B) high-value personal assets, such as yachts, 
 luxury vehicles, private aircraft; and
            (C) business holdings, investments, and financial 
 accounts held in foreign jurisdictions.

    (3) Identification of financial proxies, business 
 associates, or other entities used to obscure the ownership of 
 such wealth and assets, including those referenced in ODNI's 
 March 20, 2025, report as a baseline.

    (4) An assessment by the Director of National Intelligence 
 regarding the level of cooperation and responsiveness of each 
 relevant component of the intelligence community in providing 
 information, analysis, and support for the preparation of the 
 report, including whether any component failed to fully 
 cooperate or provide requested nonpublic information.

    (5) Nonpublic information related to the wealth of the 
 leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, to the extent 
 possible consistent with the protection of intelligence sources 
 and methods, including information derived from classified 
 sources, foreign partner reporting, financial intelligence, 
 human sources, or other intelligence community holdings.
            (c) Form.--The report posted and submitted under subsection

    (a) shall be in unclassified form, but the version submitted to Congress 
may include a classified annex as necessary.

SEC. 5. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.

 In this Act, the term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning 
given such term in 

section 3

    (4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3003

    (4) ).
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