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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7699 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7699

    To direct to the Director of National Intelligence to develop a 
  strategy to improve the sharing of information and intelligence on 
foreign adversary tactics and illicit activities affecting the ability 
   of United States companies to compete in foreign jurisdictions on 
   projects relating to energy generation and storage, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2024

    Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mr. Wittman, and Ms. Houlahan) 
  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 
                    Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL

 
    To direct to the Director of National Intelligence to develop a 
  strategy to improve the sharing of information and intelligence on 
foreign adversary tactics and illicit activities affecting the ability 
   of United States companies to compete in foreign jurisdictions on 
   projects relating to energy generation and storage, 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 ``Public-Private Information Sharing 
on Manipulative Adversary Practices Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MANIPULATIVE ADVERSARY 
              PRACTICES IN CRITICAL MINERAL PROJECTS.

    (a) Strategy Required.--The Director of National Intelligence 
shall, in consultation with the heads of such Federal agencies as the 
Director considers appropriate, not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, develop a strategy to improve the sharing 
between the Federal Government and private entities of information and 
intelligence to mitigate the threat that foreign adversary illicit 
activities and tactics pose to United States persons in foreign 
jurisdictions on projects relating to energy generation and storage, 
including with respect to critical minerals inputs.
    (b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall 
cover----
            (1) how best to assemble and transmit information to United 
        States persons--
                    (A) to protect against foreign adversary illicit 
                tactics and activities relating to critical mineral 
                projects abroad, including foreign adversary efforts to 
                undermine such United States projects abroad;
                    (B) to mitigate the risk that foreign adversary 
                government involvement in the ownership and control of 
                entities engaging in deceptive or illicit activities 
                pose to the interests of the United States; and
                    (C) to inform on economic espionage and other 
                threats from foreign adversaries to the rights of 
                owners of intellectual property, including owners of 
                patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and 
                other sensitive information, with respect to such 
                property; and
            (2) how best to receive information from United States 
        persons on threats to United States interests in the critical 
        mineral space, including disinformation campaigns abroad or 
        other suspicious malicious activity.
    (c) Implementation Plan Required.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Director completes developing the strategy pursuant 
to subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees (as defined in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), or provide such committees a 
briefing on, a plan for implementing the strategy.
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