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Union Calendar No. 538 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1398 

[Report No. 118–641] 

To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. GOODEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. POSEY, and 

Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

AUGUST 30, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FALLON, Mr. CLINE, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. NEHLS, 

and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York 

AUGUST 30, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Protect America’s Inno5 vation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CCP INITIATIVE. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Na8 tional Security Division of the Department of Justice the 

9 CCP Initiative to— 

10 (1) counter nation-state threats to the United 

11 States; 

12 (2) curb spying by the Chinese Communist 

13 Party on United States intellectual property and aca14 demic institutions in the United States; 

15 (3) develop an enforcement strategy concerning 

16 nontraditional collectors, including researchers in 

17 labs, universities, and the defense industrial base, that 

18 are being used to transfer technology contrary to 

19 United States interests; 

20 (4) implement the Foreign Investment Risk Re21 view Modernization Act of 2018 (title XVII of divi22 sion A of the John S. McCain National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

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1 tice, including by working with the Department of the 

2 Treasury to develop regulations under that Act; 

3 (5) identify cases under the Foreign Corrupt 

4 Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–213; 91 Stat. 

5 1494) involving Chinese companies that compete with 

6 United States businesses; and 

7 (6) prioritize— 

8 (A) identifying and prosecuting those en9 gaged in trade secret theft, hacking, and eco10 nomic espionage; and 

11 (B) protecting the critical infrastructure in 

12 the United States against external threats 

13 through foreign direct investment and supply 

14 chain compromises. 

15 (b) CONSULTATION.—In executing the CCP Initiative’s 

16 objectives as set forth in subsection (a), the Attorney Gen17 eral, acting through the Assistant Attorney General for Na18 tional Security, shall consult with relevant components of 

19 the Department of Justice as necessary, and coordinate ac20 tivities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any 

21 other Federal agency as necessary. 

22 (c) REQUIREMENT.—Under the CCP Initiative— 

23 (1) the Initiative shall be separate from and not 

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1 ment of Justice initiative dedicated to countering na2 tion-state threats; and 

3 (2) all resources used for the CCP Initiative shall 

4 solely be set aside for the CCP Initiative and shall not 

5 be combined to support any other Department of Jus6 tice program, including other programs and initia7 tives dedicated to countering nation-state threats. 

8 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 

9 submit annually a written report to the Committee on 

10 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

11 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the 

13 Judiciary of the House of Representatives, on the progress 

14 and challenges of the CCP Initiative over the preceding 

15 year, including— 

16 (1) its progress in accomplishing the objectives 

17 set forth in subsection (a); 

18 (2) the amount and sufficiency of resources pro19 vided to, and expended by, the CCP Initiative; 

20 (3) the level and effectiveness of coordination 

21 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 

22 Federal agencies; 

23 (4) the status of efforts by the Chinese Com24 munist Party to engage in trade secret theft, hacking, 

25 and economic espionage; and 


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1 (5) the impact of the CCP Initiative on those ef2 forts of the Chinese Communist Party. 

3 (e) SUNSET.—This Act shall take effect on the date of 

4 enactment of this Act and cease to be in effect on the date 

5 that is 6 years after that date. 

6 (f) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or the 

7 application of such provision to any person or cir8 cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of 

9 this Act, and the application of the provisions of such to 

10 any person or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby. 


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Union Calendar No. 538 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1398 

[Report No. 118–641] 

A BILL 

To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for 

A

other purposes. 

UGUST 30, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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