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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7937 

To authorize appropriations to counter the malign influence of the Chinese 

Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 4, 2020 

Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations to counter the malign influence 

of the Chinese Communist Party, 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 Chinese 

5 Communist Party Malign Influence Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION. 

7 (a) COUNTERING CHINESE INFLUENCE FUND.— 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated $300,000,000 for 

9 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 for the Countering 

10 Chinese Influence Fund to counter the malign influence 


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1 of the Chinese Communist Party globally. Amounts appro2 priated pursuant to this authorization are authorized to 

3 remain available until expended and shall supplement, not 

4 supplant, amounts otherwise authorized to be appro5 priated to counter such influence. 

6 (b) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Amounts appro7 priated or otherwise made available to counter the malign 

8 influence of the Chinese Communist Party globally, in9 cluding pursuant to the authorization under subsection (a) 

10 or before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be 

11 subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica12 tion procedures of— 

13 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

14 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

17 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

18 (c) POLICY GUIDANCE, COORDINATION, AND AP19 PROVAL.— 

20 (1) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of State 

21 shall designate a senior official of the Department at 

22 the rank of Assistant Secretary or above to provide 

23 policy guidance, coordination, and approval for the 

24 obligation of funds authorized pursuant to sub25 section (a). 


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1 (2) DUTIES.—The senior official designated 

2 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be responsible for 

3 the coordination and approval of all programming 

4 conducted using the funds authorized to be appro5 priated by subsection (a), based on a determination 

6 that such programming counters the malign influ7 ence and activities of the Chinese Communist Party 

8 pursuant to the strategic objectives of the United 

9 States, as established in the 2017 National Security 

10 Strategy, the 2018 National Defense Strategy, and 

11 other relevant national and regional strategies as ap12 propriate. 

13 (3) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The senior 

14 official designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, 

15 in coordinating and approving programming pursu16 ant to paragraph (2), seek to— 

17 (A) conduct appropriate interagency con18 sultation; and 

19 (B) ensure, to the maximum extent prac20 ticable, that all approved programming func21 tions in concert with other Federal activities to 

22 counter the malign influence and activities of 

23 the Chinese Communist Party. 

24 (4) ASSISTANT COORDINATOR.—The Adminis25 trator of the United States Agency for International 


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1 Development shall designate a senior official at the 

2 rank of Assistant Administrator or above to assist 

3 and consult the senior official designated pursuant 

4 to paragraph (1). 

5 (d) MALIGN INFLUENCE.—In this section, the term 

6 ‘‘malign influence’’ with respect to the Chinese Com7 munist Party should be construed to include acts con8 ducted by the Chinese Communist Party or entities acting 

9 on its behalf that— 

10 (1) undermine a free and open international 

11 order; 

12 (2) advance an alternative, repressive inter13 national order that bolsters the Chinese Communist 

14 Party’s hegemonic ambitions and is characterized by 

15 coercion and dependency; 

16 (3) undermine the national security or sov17 ereignty of the United States or other countries; or 

18 (4) undermine the economic security of the 

19 United States or other countries, including by pro20 moting corruption. 

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