Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1468 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1468

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

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2025

 Mr. Gooden (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Ogles,
Ms. Boebert, Mr. Fallon, and Mr. Cline) introduced the following bill;
          which was 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 Foreign Investment Risk Review
        Modernization Act of 2018 (title XVII of division A of the John
        S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
        2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2173)) for the Department
        of Justice, including by working with the Department of the
        Treasury to develop regulations under that Act;
            (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 or the
        People's Republic of China Military Companies list maintained
        by the Department of Defense, and report to the Secretary of
        Commerce and the Secretary of Defense 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 annually a
written report 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 CCP;
            (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 Government 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 take effect on the date of enactment of
this Act and cease to be in effect on the date that is 6 years after
that date.
    (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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