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Federal Register 

Vol. 89, No. 242 

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 

Title 3— 

The President 

Memorandum of December 12, 2024 

Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action 

Group 

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, and to monitor and address the 

effects of any efforts by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), either directly 

or through proxies, to censor or intimidate any United States person, it 

is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. Consistent with section 5515(b) of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

263, 22 U.S.C. 3363(b)) (the ‘‘Act’’), I am directing the Assistant to the 

President for National Security Affairs and the Director of the National 

Economic Council to lead an interagency effort to oversee the development 

and execution of an integrated Federal Government strategy to monitor and 

address the effects of any efforts by the PRC to censor or intimidate, in 

the United States or in any of its possessions or territories, any United 

States person, including a United States company that conducts business 

in the PRC, exercising its freedom of speech. 

Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established within the Executive Office of 

the President the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group (Task Force). 

Sec. 3. Membership. (a) The Task Force shall be chaired by the Assistant 

to the President for National Security Affairs, or his or her designee, and 

vice-chaired by the Director of the National Economic Council, or his or 

her designee. 

(b) In addition to the Chair and the Vice Chair, the Task Force shall 

consist of representatives from the following executive departments and 

agencies (agencies), the heads of which shall designate or appoint personnel 

at the level of Assistant Secretary or above to participate in the Task Force: 

(i) the Department of State; 

(ii) the Department of the Treasury; 

(iii) the Department of Defense; 

(iv) the Department of Justice; 

(v) the Department of Agriculture; 

(vi) the Department of Commerce; 

(vii) the Department of Education; 

(viii) the Department of Homeland Security; 

(ix) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; 

(x) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; 

(xi) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

(xii) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and 

(xiii) other agencies and offices as the President may, from time to time, 

designate. 


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Sec. 4. Mission and Function. The Task Force shall meet not less frequently 

than twice per year to oversee the development and execution of the integrated Federal Government strategy described in section 5515(b)(3)(A) of 

the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(b)(3)(A)). That strategy shall reflect the collective 

views of the members of the Task Force and shall be informed by consultations with agencies and independent agencies that are not represented on 

the Task Force; relevant stakeholders in the private sector and the media; 

and relevant stakeholders among foreign allies and partners of the United 

States. 

Sec. 5. Annual Report of the Task Force. (a) Within 120 days of the date 

of this memorandum, the Task Force shall submit to the President and 

the appropriate congressional committees, as defined in section 5515(a)(1) 

of the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(a)(1)), the strategy described in section 

5515(b)(3)(A) of the Act. 

(b) Within 180 days of the date of this memorandum, the Task Force 

shall submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees, 

and make publicly available to the extent consistent with national security 

and other executive branch confidentiality interests, the first annual report 

described in section 5515(b)(6)(A)–(B) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(b)(6)). 

(c) Within 1 year of submitting the first annual report described in subsection (b) of this section, and every year thereafter, the Task Force shall 

submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees, and 

make publicly available to the extent consistent with national security and 

other executive branch confidentiality interests, the required follow-on annual reports described in section 5515(b)(6)(A)–(B) of the Act, until the 

requirement terminates as specified in section 5515(d) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 

3363(d)). 

Sec. 6. Definition. For purposes of this memorandum, the term ‘‘United 

States person’’ shall have the meaning provided in section 5515(a)(3) of 

the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(a)(3)). 

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 


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(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right 

or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by 

any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 

(d) The Attorney General is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, December 12, 2024 

[FR Doc. 2024–30203 

Filed 12–16–24; 11:15 am] 

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