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