A bill to establish an FBI hotline to receive tips about persons trying to engage in certain activities in the United States on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and to criminalize the performance of the functions of a law enforcement agency in the United States on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party.

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 982 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 982

  To establish an FBI hotline to receive tips about persons trying to 
  engage in certain activities in the United States on behalf of the 
Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and to criminalize 
  the performance of the functions of a law enforcement agency in the 
   United States on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese 
                            Communist Party.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2023

Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish an FBI hotline to receive tips about persons trying to 
  engage in certain activities in the United States on behalf of the 
Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and to criminalize 
  the performance of the functions of a law enforcement agency in the 
   United States on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese 
                            Communist Party.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FBI HOTLINE.

    The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall establish 
a hotline to receive anonymous tips about any person who is, on behalf 
of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, surveilling, 
harassing, intimidating, or coercing another person, or performing law 
enforcement activities, in the United States, including by coercing 
current or former Chinese nationals to return to China.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              AGENCY ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT OF CHINA OR CHINESE 
              COMMUNIST PARTY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 45 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 967 the following:
``Sec. 968. Performing functions of law enforcement agency on behalf of 
              Government of China or Chinese Communist Party
    ``(a) Offense.--It shall be unlawful for any person in the United 
States, on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist 
Party, to--
            ``(1) perform any function of a law enforcement agency; or
            ``(2) engage in surveillance, harassment, intimidation, or 
        coercion of another person in the United States.
    ``(b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 45 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 967 the following:

``968. Performing functions of law enforcement agency on behalf of 
                            Government of China or Chinese Communist 
                            Party.''.
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