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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1398 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To establish the CCP Initiative program, 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 ‘‘Protect America’s In3 novation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CCP INITIATIVE. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

6 National Security Division of the Department of Justice 

7 the CCP Initiative to— 

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

9 States; 

10 (2) curb spying by the Chinese Communist 

11 Party on United States intellectual property and 

12 academic institutions in the United States; 

13 (3) develop an enforcement strategy concerning 

14 nontraditional collectors, including researchers in 

15 labs, universities, and the defense industrial base, 

16 that are being used to transfer technology contrary 

17 to United States interests; 

18 (4) implement the Foreign Investment Risk Re19 view Modernization Act of 2018 (title XVII of divi20 sion A of the John S. McCain National Defense Au21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

22 115–232; 132 Stat. 2173)) for the Department of 

23 Justice, including by working with the Department 

24 of the Treasury to develop regulations under that 

25 Act; 


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1 (5) identify cases under the Foreign Corrupt 

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

3 1494) involving Chinese companies that compete 

4 with United States businesses; 

5 (6) prioritize— 

6 (A) identifying and prosecuting those en7 gaged in trade secret theft, hacking, and eco8 nomic espionage; 

9 (B) protecting the critical infrastructure in 

10 the United States against external threats 

11 through foreign direct investment and supply 

12 chain compromises; and 

13 (C) identifying Chinese Communist Party 

14 theft of intellectual property from small busi15 nesses; and 

16 (7) investigate investments made by Chinese 

17 companies included on the Entity List maintained 

18 by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the De19 partment of Commerce or the People’s Republic of 

20 China Military Companies list maintained by the 

21 Department of Defense, and report to the Secretary 

22 of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense on any 

23 findings of such investigations, including findings re24 lated to subsidiaries or other entities controlled by 

25 such companies, whether or not such subsidiaries or 


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1 other entities are registered in or operate in the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China. 

3 (b) CONSULTATION.—In executing the CCP Initia4 tive’s objectives as set forth in subsection (a), the Attorney 

5 General, acting through the Assistant Attorney General 

6 for National Security, shall consult with relevant compo7 nents of the Department of Justice as necessary, and co8 ordinate activities with the Federal Bureau of Investiga9 tion and any other Federal agency as necessary. 

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

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

12 under the authority or discretion of any other De13 partment of Justice initiative dedicated to coun14 tering nation-state threats; and 

15 (2) all resources used for the CCP Initiative 

16 shall solely be set aside for the CCP Initiative and 

17 shall not be combined to support any other Depart18 ment of Justice program, including other programs 

19 and initiatives dedicated to countering nation-state 

20 threats. 

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

22 submit annually a written report to the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

24 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Com25 mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the 


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1 Judiciary of the House of Representatives, on the progress 

2 and challenges of the CCP Initiative over the preceding 

3 year, including— 

4 (1) its progress in accomplishing the objectives 

5 set forth in subsection (a); 

6 (2) the amount and sufficiency of resources 

7 provided to, and expended by, the CCP Initiative; 

8 (3) the level and effectiveness of coordination 

9 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 

10 Federal agencies; 

11 (4) the status of efforts by and the financial in12 telligence capabilities of the Chinese Communist 

13 Party to engage in trade secret theft, hacking, and 

14 economic espionage; 

15 (5) an analysis of the use of unmanned aircraft 

16 and associated elements (including communication 

17 links and the components that control the unmanned 

18 aircraft required for the operator to operate safely 

19 and efficiently in the national airspace system) by 

20 the CCP; 

21 (6) the impact of the CCP Initiative on those 

22 efforts of the Chinese Communist Party; 

23 (7) the level and effectiveness of coordination 

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1 cies and private companies about economic espio2 nage threats; and 

3 (8) an assessment of the economic loss to the 

4 United States as a result of hacking and trade se5 cret theft by the Chinese Communist Party. 

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

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

8 date that is 6 years after that date. 

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

10 the application of such provision to any person or cir11 cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 

12 of this Act, and the application of the provisions of such 

13 to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected there14 by. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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