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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1811 
To require an unclassified interagency report on the political influence oper-
ations of the Government of China and the Communist Party of China 
with respect to the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2019 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 
GALLAGHER, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. MEADOWS, and Mr. PERRY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require an unclassified interagency report on the political 
influence operations of the Government of China and 
the Communist Party of China with respect to the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering the Chinese 
Government and Communist Party’s Political Influence 
Operations Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(F) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; 
(G) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(H) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; 
(I) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(J) the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives; 
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(K) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(L) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(M) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(N) the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) POLITICAL INFLUENCE OPERATIONS.—The 
term ‘‘political influence operations’’ means the co-
ordinated and often concealed application of disin-
formation, press manipulation, economic coercion, 
targeted investments, corruption, or academic cen-
sorship. Such efforts are often intended— 
(A) to coerce and corrupt United States in-
terests, values, institutions, or individuals; and 
(B) to foster attitudes, behavior, decisions, 
or outcomes in the United States that support 
the interests of the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China or the Communist Party of 
China. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Government of China and the Com-
munist Party of China employ a wide range of polit-
ical, informational, and economic measures to influ-
ence, coerce, intimidate, or undermine the United 
States interests or the interests of United States 
partners and allies. 
(2) The December 2017 National Security 
Strategy of the United States of America states, 
‘‘Although the United States seeks to continue to co-
operate with China, China is using economic induce-
ments and penalties, influence operations, and im-
plied military threats to persuade other states to 
heed its political and security agenda.’’. 
(3) The political influence operations efforts of 
the Government of China and the Communist Party 
of China have received less scrutiny than similar ef-
forts of the Government of the Russian Federation, 
but given China’s economic strength and the grow-
ing apparatus being used to spread its influence 
globally, efforts to promote its authoritarian ideal 
pose significant and consequential long-term chal-
lenges to United States interests and values. 
(4) The Government of China and the Com-
munist Party of China use overt and covert means 
to target the political and economic elite, the media 
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