119-s672

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 672 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 672

 To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 20, 2025

 Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To establish the CCP Initiative program, 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 ``Protect America's Innovation and 
Economic Security from CCP Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CCP INITIATIVE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the National Security 
Division of the Department of Justice the CCP Initiative to--

    (1) counter nation-state threats to the United States;

    (2) curb spying by the Chinese Communist Party on United 
 States intellectual property and academic institutions in the 
 United States;

    (3) develop an enforcement strategy concerning 
 nontraditional collectors, including researchers in labs, 
 universities, and the defense industrial base, that are being 
 used to transfer technology contrary to United States 
 interests;

    (4) implement the amendments to the authorities of the 
 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States under 
 

section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
 4565) made by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization 
 Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title XVII of Public Law 115-232; 50 
 U.S.C. 4565 note) for the Department of Justice, including by 
 working with the Department of the Treasury to develop 
 regulations to implement those amendments;

    (5) identify cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 
 of 1977 (Public Law 95-213; 91 Stat. 1494) involving Chinese 
 companies that compete with United States businesses;

    (6) prioritize--
        (A) identifying and prosecuting those engaged in 
 trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage;
        (B) protecting the critical infrastructure in the 
 United States against external threats through foreign 
 direct investment and supply chain compromises; and
            (C) identifying Chinese Communist Party theft of 
 intellectual property from small businesses; and

    (7) investigate investments made by Chinese companies 
 included on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of 
 Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set 
 forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 
 Federal Regulations, or identified by the Secretary of Defense 
 under 

section 1260H

    (a) of the William M.

    (Mac) Thornberry 
 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 
 Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) as a Chinese military company 
 operating directly or indirectly in the United States and 
 report to the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of 
 Defense, as appropriate, on any findings of such 
 investigations, including findings related to subsidiaries or 
 other entities controlled by such companies, whether or not 
 such subsidiaries or other entities are registered in or 
 operate in the People's Republic of China.

    (b) Consultation.--In executing the CCP Initiative's objectives as 
set forth in subsection

    (a) , the Attorney General, acting through the 
Assistant Attorney General for National Security, shall consult with 
relevant components of the Department of Justice as necessary, and 
coordinate activities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any 
other Federal agency as necessary.
            (c) Requirement.--Under the CCP Initiative--

    (1) the Initiative shall be separate from and not under the 
 authority or discretion of any other Department of Justice 
 initiative dedicated to countering nation-state threats; and

    (2) all resources used for the CCP Initiative shall solely 
 be set aside for the CCP Initiative and shall not be combined 
 to support any other Department of Justice program, including 
 other programs and initiatives dedicated to countering nation-
 state threats.
            (d) Annual Report.--The Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives on the progress and challenges of the CCP Initiative 
over the preceding year, including--

    (1) its progress in accomplishing the objectives set forth 
 in subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) the amount and sufficiency of resources provided to, 
 and expended by, the CCP Initiative;

    (3) the level and effectiveness of coordination with the 
 Federal Bureau of Investigation and other Federal agencies;

    (4) the status of efforts by and the financial intelligence 
 capabilities of the Chinese Communist Party to engage in trade 
 secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage;

    (5) an analysis of the use of unmanned aircraft and 
 associated elements (including communication links and the 
 components that control the unmanned aircraft required for the 
 operator to operate safely and efficiently in the national 
 airspace system) by the Chinese Communist Party;

    (6) the impact of the CCP Initiative on those efforts of 
 the Chinese Communist Party;

    (7) the level and effectiveness of coordination and 
 information sharing between Federal agencies and private 
 companies about economic espionage threats; and

    (8) an assessment of the economic loss to the United States 
 as a result of hacking and trade secret theft by the Chinese 
 Communist Party.

    (e) Sunset.--This Act shall cease to be in effect on the date that 
is 6 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

    (f) Severability.--If any provision of this Act, or the application 
of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, and the application of the 
provisions of such to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected 
thereby.
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