IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 708 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 11 (legislative day, MARCH 10), 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a 
working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecu-
rity, border and port security, and transportation secu-
rity threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 
Communist Party, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Homeland 
Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend 
Against the CCP Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Against CCP 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WORKING GROUP TO COUNTER CERTAIN THREATS 
POSED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CHI-
NESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall establish in the 
Department of Homeland Security a working group 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Working 
Group’’), which shall carry out the duties specified 
in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cy-
bersecurity, border and port security, and transpor-
tation security threats posed to the United States by 
the Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) DIRECTOR.— 
(A) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the 
Working Group shall be a Director (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Director’’), who shall be 
appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
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(B) REPORTING.—The Director shall re-
port to the Secretary of Homeland Security re-
garding all administrative, operational, and se-
curity matters of the Working Group. 
(3) STAFFING.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided 
with the following: 
(A) A sufficient number of employees to 
perform required duties. 
(B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated 
to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and 
regulations. 
(4) DETAILEES.—The Working Group may ac-
cept and employ detailees with expertise in coun-
tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-
rity, and transportation security threats posed by 
the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, 
or in related fields, from any element of the intel-
ligence community or any other Federal agency the 
Director determines appropriate, with or without re-
imbursement, consistent with applicable laws and 
regulations regarding such employees. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall carry out the 
following: 
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(1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by 
the Department of Homeland Security to counter 
terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, 
and transportation security threats posed to the 
United States by the Chinese Communist Party, in-
cluding efforts to counter the Chinese Communist 
Party’s— 
(A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation 
of the United States immigration system 
through— 
(i) identity theft; 
(ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant 
visa processes; 
(iii) unlawful border crossings; 
(iv) human smuggling; and 
(v) human trafficking; 
(B) predatory economic and trade prac-
tices, including the trafficking of counterfeit 
and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor 
exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, 
and theft of intellectual property and tech-
nology; 
(C) 
direct 
or 
indirect 
support 
for 
transnational criminal organizations trafficking 
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in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other con-
trolled substances through— 
(i) the United States border; 
(ii) international mail shipments; or 
(iii) express consignment operations; 
and 
(D) support for illicit financial activity by 
Chinese Money Laundering Organizations, in-
cluding any repatriation to China or any other 
country of the proceeds derived from the activi-
ties described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C). 
(2) Account for the resources of the Depart-
ment that are dedicated to programs aimed at coun-
tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-
rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 
United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and 
any supporting information as to the efficacy of each 
such program. 
(3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations 
and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other 
appropriate working groups, committees, commis-
sions, or entities established by the Department re-
lated to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, 
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border and port security, and transportation security 
threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 
Communist Party. 
(4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and ac-
tivities of the Department to respond to terrorist, 
cybersecurity, border and port security, and trans-
portation security threats posed to the United States 
by the Chinese Communist Party. 
(5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination 
among offices and components of the Department on 
a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecu-
rity, border and port security, and transportation se-
curity threats posed to the United States by the Chi-
nese Communist Party. 
(c) ADDITIONAL DUTY RELATING TO INFORMATION 
SHARING.—The Working Group shall review, in coordina-
tion with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, information relating to 
terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and 
transportation security threats posed to the United States 
by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Fed-
eral, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the 
National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such 
information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s 
own information relating to such threats. The Working 
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