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Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act
To direct the Attorney General to prepare a report on the Department of Justice activities related to countering Chinese national security threats, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress for seven years on the Department of Justice's activities related to countering espionage and national security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party. The report must describe DOJ operations and activities, including efforts to address intellectual property theft and threats from non-traditional collectors such as researchers and academics, and account for resources dedicated to these programs. The report must include a detailed description of measures used to protect the civil rights and privacy of U.S. persons in conducting these activities. The reports must be made publicly available on the DOJ website in unclassified form, though a classified annex may be included, and the Attorney General must collaborate with intelligence and defense officials in preparing them.
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Actions (2)
- May 15, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 15, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 15, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to prepare a report on the Department of Justice activities related to countering Chinese national security threats, 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 “Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act”.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO COUNTERING NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS FROM THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
(a) Requirement.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter for 7 years, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Justice, a report on activities conducted by the Department of Justice related to countering national security threats from and espionage in the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, including—
(1) a description of the activities and operations of the Department of Justice related to countering Chinese national security threats and espionage in the United States, including—
(A) theft of United States intellectual property (including trade secrets) and research; and
(B) threats from non-traditional collectors, such as researchers in laboratories, at universities, and at defense industrial base facilities (as that term is defined in section 2208(u)(3) of title 10, United States Code);
(2) an accounting of the resources of the Department of Justice that are dedicated to programs aimed at combating national security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of each such program; and
(3) a detailed description of the measures used to ensure the protection of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy rights of United States persons in carrying out the activities, operations, and programs described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) Form.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(c) Consultation.—In preparing the report under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall collaborate with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and any other appropriate officials. <all>
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