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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. 

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 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public-Private Infor3 mation Sharing on Manipulative Adversary Practices 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MA6 NIPULATIVE ADVERSARY PRACTICES IN 

7 CRITICAL MINERAL PROJECTS. 

8 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Director of National 

9 Intelligence shall, in consultation with the heads of such 

10 Federal agencies as the Director considers appropriate, 

11 not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, develop a strategy to improve the sharing be13 tween the Federal Government and private entities of in14 formation and intelligence to mitigate the threat that for15 eign adversary illicit activities and tactics pose to United 

16 States persons in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating 

17 to energy generation and storage, including with respect 

18 to critical minerals inputs. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

20 (a) shall cover—— 

21 (1) how best to assemble and transmit informa22 tion to United States persons— 

23 (A) to protect against foreign adversary il24 licit tactics and activities relating to critical 

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1 versary efforts to undermine such United States 

2 projects abroad; 

3 (B) to mitigate the risk that foreign adver4 sary government involvement in the ownership 

5 and control of entities engaging in deceptive or 

6 illicit activities pose to the interests of the 

7 United States; and 

8 (C) to inform on economic espionage and 

9 other threats from foreign adversaries to the 

10 rights of owners of intellectual property, includ11 ing owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, 

12 and trade secrets, and other sensitive informa13 tion, with respect to such property; and 

14 (2) how best to receive information from United 

15 States persons on threats to United States interests 

16 in the critical mineral space, including 

17 disinformation campaigns abroad or other suspicious 

18 malicious activity. 

19 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later 

20 than 30 days after the date on which the Director com21 pletes developing the strategy pursuant to subsection (a), 

22 the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

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1 mittees a briefing on, a plan for implementing the strat2 egy. 

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