[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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