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Union Calendar No. 695 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9668 

[Report No. 118–850, Part I] 

To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group 

relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, 

and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the 

Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 

Mr. STRONG (for himself and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to 

the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, the Judiciary, 

and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. GREEN

of Tennessee, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. BUCHANAN

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the 

Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a 

working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 

Communist Party, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Homeland 

5 Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend 

6 against the CCP Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Against CCP 

7 Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. WORKING GROUP TO COUNTER CERTAIN THREATS 

9 POSED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CHI10 NESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security shall establish in the 

15 Department of Homeland Security a working group 

16 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Working 

17 Group’’), which shall carry out the duties specified 

18 in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cy19 bersecurity, border and port security, and transpor20 tation security threats posed to the United States by 

21 the Chinese Communist Party. 

22 (2) DIRECTOR.— 

23 (A) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the 

24 Working Group shall be a Director (in this sec25 tion referred to as the ‘‘Director’’), who shall be 


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1 appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Secu2 rity. 

3 (B) REPORTING.—The Director shall re4 port to the Secretary of Homeland Security re5 garding all administrative, operational, and se6 curity matters of the Working Group. 

7 (3) STAFFING.—The Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided 

9 with the following: 

10 (A) A sufficient number of employees to 

11 perform required duties. 

12 (B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated 

13 to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and 

14 regulations. 

15 (4) DETAILEES.—The Working Group may ac16 cept and employ detailees with expertise in coun17 tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu18 rity, and transportation security threats posed by 

19 the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, 

20 or in related fields, from any element of the intel21 ligence community or any other Federal agency the 

22 Director determines appropriate, with or without re23 imbursement, consistent with applicable laws and 

24 regulations regarding such employees. 


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1 (b) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall carry out the 

2 following: 

3 (1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by 

4 the Department of Homeland Security to counter 

5 terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, 

6 and transportation security threats posed to the 

7 United States by the Chinese Communist Party, in8 cluding efforts to counter the Chinese Communist 

9 Party’s— 

10 (A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation 

11 of the United States immigration system 

12 through— 

13 (i) identity theft; 

14 (ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant 

15 visa processes; 

16 (iii) unlawful border crossings; 

17 (iv) human smuggling; and 

18 (v) human trafficking; 

19 (B) predatory economic and trade prac20 tices, including the trafficking of counterfeit 

21 and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor 

22 exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, 

23 money laundering practices, theft of intellectual 

24 property and technology, and risks to the crit25 ical infrastructure supply chain; 


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1 (C) malign influence operations and 

2 transnational repression targeting United 

3 States persons; 

4 (D) threats to critical infrastructure; 

5 (E) direct or indirect support for 

6 transnational criminal organizations trafficking 

7 in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other con8 trolled substances through— 

9 (i) the United States border; 

10 (ii) international mail shipments; or 

11 (iii) express consignment operations; 

12 (F) the movement of cross-border funds 

13 through traditional money laundering practices, 

14 third party facilitators, or emerging money 

15 laundering techniques, including 

16 cryptocurrency; and 

17 (G) exploitation of vulnerabilities in the 

18 United States export control regime, including 

19 the export in violation of law of controlled tech20 nologies from the United States. 

21 (2) Account for the resources of the Depart22 ment that are dedicated to programs aimed at coun23 tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu24 rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 

25 United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and 


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1 any supporting information as to the efficacy of each 

2 such program. 

3 (3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations 

4 and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the 

5 findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other 

6 appropriate working groups, committees, commis7 sions, or entities established by the Department re8 lated to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, 

9 border and port security, and transportation security 

10 threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 

11 Communist Party. 

12 (4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and ac13 tivities of the Department to respond to terrorist, 

14 cybersecurity, border and port security, and trans15 portation security threats posed to the United States 

16 by the Chinese Communist Party. 

17 (5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination 

18 among offices and components of the Department on 

19 a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecu20 rity, border and port security, and transportation se21 curity threats posed to the United States by the Chi22 nese Communist Party. 

23 (c) ADDITIONAL DUTY RELATING TO INFORMATION

24 SHARING.—The Working Group, in accordance with appli25 cable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties 


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1 protections, shall review, in coordination with the Office 

2 of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Home3 land Security, information relating to terrorist, cybersecu4 rity, border and port security, and transportation security 

5 threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Com6 munist Party that is gathered by Federal, State, local, 

7 Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network 

8 of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as 

9 appropriate, into the Working Group’s own information 

10 relating to such threats. The Working Group, in coordina11 tion with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, shall also 

12 ensure the dissemination to Federal, State, local, Tribal, 

13 and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fu14 sion Centers, of information related to such threats. 

15 (d) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this section and 

18 annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under 

20 Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the De21 partment of Homeland Security, the Director of the 

22 Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of 

23 National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee 

24 on Homeland Security of the House of Representa25 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 


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1 Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that as2 sesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu3 rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 

4 United States by the Chinese Communist Party dur5 ing the immediately preceding 12 months. 

6 (2) CONTENTS.—Each assessment under para7 graph (1) shall also include the following: 

8 (A) A description of the activities and op9 erations of the Working Group undertaken pur10 suant to subsection (b). 

11 (B) Any other matters the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security determines relevant. 

13 (3) FORM.—Each assessment under paragraph 

14 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

15 include a classified annex. The Secretary of Home16 land Security shall post on a publicly available 

17 website of the Department of Homeland Security the 

18 unclassified portion of each assessment. 

19 (4) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after 

20 the submission of each assessment under paragraph 

21 (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall pro22 vide to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 


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1 Senate a briefing on such assessment and the 

2 progress and challenges of the Working Group. 

3 (e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 

4 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

5 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

6 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report on the 

9 implementation of this section. 

10 (f) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 

11 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 

13 Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Tech14 nology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to 

15 the extent practicable, carry out research and develop16 ment, including operational testing, of technologies and 

17 techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and 

18 situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cy19 bersecurity, border and port security, and transportation 

20 security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 

21 Communist Party, in accordance with applicable constitu22 tional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections. 

23 (g) SUNSET.—The Working Group shall terminate on 

24 the date that is seven years after the establishment of the 

25 Working Group under subsection (a)(1). 


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1 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

3 ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given such 

4 term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 (42 

5 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 

6 (2) FUSION CENTER.—The term ‘‘fusion cen7 ter’’ has the meaning given such term in subsection 

8 (k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act 

9 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h). 

10 (3) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

11 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

12 such tern in section 3(4) of the National Security 

13 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

14 (4) NATIONAL NETWORK OF FUSION CEN15 TERS.—The term ‘‘National Network of Fusion Cen16 ters’’ means a decentralized arrangement of fusion 

17 centers intended to enhance individual State and 

18 urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the ca19 pabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for 

20 the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland se21 curity information sharing nationally. 

22 (5) UNITED STATES PERSONS.—The term 

23 ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given such 

24 term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 

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1 thorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 

2 1708(d)(10)). 


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Union Calendar No. 695 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9668 

[Report No. 118–850, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish in the Department of Homeland Secuand for other purposes. United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and transportation security threats posed to the rorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, rity a working group relating to countering terDECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Ways 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of and Means, and the Judiciary discharged; committed 


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