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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3405 

To require reciprocity from certain countries with respect to the reporting 

of official meetings with State and local officials, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2023 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. YOUNG, and 

Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require reciprocity from certain countries with respect 

to the reporting of official meetings with State and local 

officials, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Corrupt 

5 Political (CCP) Influence Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES TO RE2 PORT OFFICIAL MEETINGS BETWEEN FOR3 EIGN MISSIONS AND STATE AND LOCAL OFFI4 CIALS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall re6 quire that foreign missions of covered countries notify the 

7 Department of State at least 72 hours in advance of any 

8 meetings between any officials or representatives of the 

9 covered country and State or local officials in the United 

10 States and any official visits to educational institutions or 

11 research institutions in the United States. 

12 (b) PERSONS COVERED.—For purposes of the re13 quirement in subsection (a), the term ‘‘officials or rep14 resentatives of the covered country’’ includes— 

15 (1) all members of foreign missions of the cov16 ered country in the United States; 

17 (2) all members of the covered country’s perma18 nent mission to the United Nations; and 

19 (3) any officials of the covered country traveling 

20 to the United States for official business. 

21 (c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The notifica22 tion required under subsection (a) shall include— 

23 (1) the date of the meeting or visit; 

24 (2) the location of the meeting or visit; 


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1 (3) the name of any official or representative of 

2 the covered country that will be participating in the 

3 meeting or visit; and 

4 (4) the purpose of the meeting or visit. 

5 (d) MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

7 submit a monthly report to the appropriate congres8 sional committees listing all meetings and visits noti9 fied pursuant to subsection (a). 

10 (2) HISTORICAL DATA REQUIREMENT FOR

11 FIRST REPORT.—The first report submitted under 

12 paragraph (1) shall include the information on meet13 ings and visits required to be submitted under sub14 section (c) that has been collected by the Depart15 ment of State since it began imposing a similar re16 quirement in 2019. 

17 (e) THREAT ASSESSMENT REPORT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years and 

19 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act, the Secretary of State, the Director of National 

21 Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 

22 General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees a report 

25 that includes a threat assessment for each covered 


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1 country and recommendations for policy changes 

2 with respect to United States diplomats in such 

3 countries. 

4 (2) FORM.—The report required under para5 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

6 may include a classified annex. 

7 (f) SUNSET.—The requirements under this section 

8 shall expire on the date that is 5 years after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act. 

10 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

11 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.— The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

15 and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

16 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

18 the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 (2) COVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘‘covered 

21 country’’ means— 

22 (A) the People’s Republic of China; 

23 (B) the Russian Federation; 

24 (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 


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1 (D) the Democratic People’s Republic of 

2 Korea; 

3 (E) Cuba; 

4 (F) Venezuela; 

5 (G) Nicaragua; and 

6 (H) Afghanistan, while under control of 

7 the Taliban. 

8 (3) TALIBAN.—The term ‘‘Taliban’’ means— 

9 (A) the entity known as the Taliban, oper10 ating in Afghanistan, and designated as a spe11 cially designated global terrorist under Execu12 tive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat13 ing to blocking property and prohibiting trans14 actions with persons who commit, threaten to 

15 commit, or support terrorism); or 

16 (B) a successor entity of the entity de17 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

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