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through providing market intelligence, facilitating 
contact with reliable local partners as appropriate, 
and other services. 
(b) CHIEF
OF MISSION OVERSIGHT.—The persons 
hired to perform the services described in subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) be under the authority of the United States 
Chief of Mission in the country in which they are 
hired, in accordance with existing United States laws; 
(2) coordinate with Department of State and De-
partment of Commerce officers; and 
(3) coordinate with United States missions and 
relevant local partners in other countries as needed to 
carry out the services described in subsection (a). 
(c) PRIORITIZATION OF MICRO-, SMALL-, AND ME-
DIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES.—The services described in sub-
section (a) shall be prioritized for assisting micro-, small- 
, and medium-sized enterprises with regard to the matters 
described in subsection (a). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026 for the purposes of carrying out 
this section.
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(e) PROHIBITION ON ACCESS TO ASSISTANCE BY FOR-
EIGN ADVERSARIES.—None of the funds appropriated pur-
suant to this section may be provided to an entity— 
(1) under the foreign ownership, control, or in-
fluence of the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China or the Chinese Communist Party, or other for-
eign adversary; 
(2) determined to have beneficial ownership from 
foreign individuals subject to the jurisdiction, direc-
tion, or influence of foreign adversaries; and 
(3) that has any contract in effect at the time of 
the receipt of such funds, or has had a contract with-
in the previous one year that is no longer in effect, 
with— 
(A) the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China; 
(B) the Chinese Communist Party; 
(C) the Chinese military; 
(D) an entity majority-owned, majority- 
controlled, or majority-financed by the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China, the CCP, 
or the Chinese military; or 
(E) a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an 
entity described in subparagraph (D).
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘foreign ownership, con-
trol, or influence’’ and ‘‘FOCI’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in the National Industrial Security Program 
Operating Manual (DOD 5220.22–M), or a successor docu-
ment. 
Subtitle B—Global Infrastructure 
and Energy Development 
SEC. 3111. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED. 
In this subtitle, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 3112. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL QUAL-
ITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should initiate collaboration among 
governments, the private sector, and civil society to encour-
age the adoption of the standards for quality global infra-
structure development advanced by the G20 at Osaka in 
2018, including with respect to the following issues:
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(1) Respect for the sovereignty of countries in 
which infrastructure investments are made. 
(2) Anti-corruption. 
(3) Rule of law. 
(4) Human rights and labor rights. 
(5) Fiscal and debt sustainability. 
(6) Social and governance safeguards. 
(7) Transparency. 
(8) Environmental and energy standards. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should launch a series of fora around 
the world showcasing the commitment of the United States 
and partners of the United States to high-quality develop-
ment cooperation, including with respect to the issues de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3113. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUC-
TURE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Global Infrastructure Coordi-
nating Committee (GICC) was established to coordinate the 
efforts of the Department of State, the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of 
Energy, the Department of Transportation, the United 
States Agency for International Development, the United 
States Trade and Development Agency, the Development Fi-
nance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United
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States, and other agencies to catalyze private sector invest-
ments around the world and to coordinate the deployment 
of United States Government technical assistance and devel-
opment finance tools, including project preparation services 
and commercial advocacy. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the world’s infrastructure needs, including in 
the transport, energy, and digital sectors, are vast 
and growing; 
(2) total or partial ownership or acquisition of, 
or a significant financial stake or physical presence 
in, certain types of infrastructure, including ports, 
energy grids, 5G telecommunications networks, and 
undersea cables, can provide an advantage to coun-
tries that do not share the interests and values of the 
United States and its allies and partners, and could 
therefore be deleterious to the interests and values of 
the United States and its allies and partners; 
(3) the United States must continue to prioritize 
support for infrastructure projects that are physically 
secure, financially viable, economically sustainable, 
and socially responsible; 
(4) achieving the objective outlined in paragraph 
(3) requires the coordination of all United States
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Government economic tools across the interagency, so 
that such tools are deployed in a way to maximize 
United States interests and that of its allies and part-
ners; 
(5) the GICC represents an important and con-
crete step towards better communication and coordi-
nation across the United States Government of eco-
nomic tools relevant to supporting infrastructure that 
is physically secure, financially viable, economically 
sustainable, and socially responsible, and should be 
continued; and 
(6) the executive branch and Congress should 
have consistent consultations on United States sup-
port for strategic infrastructure projects, including 
how Congress can support such initiatives in the fu-
ture. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semi- 
annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with other Federal agencies that participate 
in the GICC, and, as appropriate, the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report that identifies— 
(1) current, pending, and future infrastructure 
projects, particularly in the transport, energy, and
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digital sectors, that the United States is supporting or 
will support through financing, foreign assistance, 
technical assistance, or other means; 
(2) a detailed explanation of the United States 
and partner country interests served by the United 
States providing support to such projects; and 
(3) a detailed description of any support pro-
vided by other United States allies and partners to 
such projects. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 3114. INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSACTION AND ASSIST-
ANCE NETWORK. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State is authorized 
to establish an initiative, to be known as the ‘‘Infrastructure 
Transaction and Assistance Network’’, under which the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with other relevant Federal 
agencies, including those represented on the Global Infra-
structure Coordinating Committee, may carry out various 
programs to advance the development of sustainable, trans-
parent, and high-quality infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific 
region by— 
(1) strengthening capacity-building programs to 
improve project evaluation processes, regulatory and
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procurement environments, and project preparation 
capacity of countries that are partners of the United 
States in such development; 
(2) providing transaction advisory services and 
project preparation assistance to support sustainable 
infrastructure; and 
(3) coordinating the provision of United States 
assistance for the development of infrastructure, in-
cluding infrastructure that utilizes United States- 
manufactured goods and services, and catalyzing in-
vestment led by the private sector. 
(b) TRANSACTION ADVISORY FUND.—As part of the 
‘‘Infrastructure Transaction and Assistance Network’’ de-
scribed under subsection (a), the Secretary of State is au-
thorized to provide support, including through the Trans-
action Advisory Fund, for advisory services to help boost 
the capacity of partner countries to evaluate contracts and 
assess the financial and environmental impacts of potential 
infrastructure projects, including through providing serv-
ices such as— 
(1) legal services; 
(2) project preparation and feasibility studies; 
(3) debt sustainability analyses; 
(4) bid or proposal evaluation; and
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(5) other services relevant to advancing the devel-
opment of sustainable, transparent, and high-quality 
infrastructure. 
(c) STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the ‘‘Infrastructure 
Transaction and Assistance Network’’ described under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of State is authorized to 
provide support, including through the Strategic In-
frastructure Fund, for technical assistance, project 
preparation, pipeline development, and other infra-
structure project support. 
(2) JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.—Funds 
authorized for the Strategic Infrastructure Fund 
should be used in coordination with the Department 
of Defense, the International Development Finance 
Corporation, like-minded donor partners, and multi-
lateral banks, as appropriate, to support joint infra-
structure projects in the Indo-Pacific region. 
(3) STRATEGIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.— 
Funds authorized for the Strategic Infrastructure 
Fund should be used to support strategic infrastruc-
ture projects that are in the national security interest 
of the United States and vulnerable to strategic com-
petitors.
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2022 
to 2026, $75,000,000 to the Infrastructure Transaction and 
Assistance Network, of which $20,000,000 is to be provided 
for the Transaction Advisory Fund. 
SEC. 3115. STRATEGY FOR ADVANCED AND RELIABLE EN-
ERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct a com-
prehensive, multi-year, whole of government effort, in con-
sultation with the private sector, to counter predatory lend-
ing and financing by the Government of the People’s Repub-
lic of China, including support to companies incorporated 
in the PRC that engage in such activities, in the energy 
sectors of developing countries. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) regularly evaluate current and forecasted en-
ergy needs and capacities of developing countries, and 
analyze the presence and involvement of PRC state- 
owned industries and other companies incorporated 
in the PRC, Chinese nationals providing labor, and 
financing of energy projects, including direct financ-
ing by the PRC government, PRC financial institu-
tions, or direct state support to state-owned enter-
prises and other companies incorporated in the PRC;
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(2) pursue strategic support and investment op-
portunities, and diplomatic engagement on power sec-
tor reforms, to expand the development and deploy-
ment of advanced energy technologies in developing 
countries; 
(3) offer financing, loan guarantees, grants, and 
other financial products on terms that advance do-
mestic economic and local employment opportunities, 
utilize advanced energy technologies, encourage pri-
vate sector growth, and, when appropriate United 
States equity and sovereign lending products as alter-
natives to the predatory lending tools offered by Chi-
nese financial institutions; 
(4) pursue partnerships with likeminded inter-
national financial and multilateral institutions to le-
verage investment in advanced energy technologies in 
developing countries; and 
(5) pursue bilateral partnerships focused on the 
cooperative development of advanced energy tech-
nologies with countries of strategic significance, par-
ticularly in the Indo-Pacific region, to address the ef-
fects of energy engagement by the PRC through preda-
tory lending or other actions that negatively impact 
other countries.
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(c) ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES EXPORTS.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
United States Government strategy to increase United 
States exports of advanced energy technologies to— 
(1) improve energy security in allied and devel-
oping countries; 
(2) create open, efficient, rules-based, and trans-
parent energy markets; 
(3) improve free, fair, and reciprocal energy 
trading relationships; and 
(4) expand access to affordable, reliable energy. 
SEC. 3116. REPORT ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHI-
NA’S INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN ENERGY DE-
VELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for five years, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State through the Assistant Secretary for En-
ergy Resources, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that—
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(1) identifies priority countries for deepening 
United States engagement on energy matters, in ac-
cordance with the economic and national security in-
terests of the United States and where deeper energy 
partnerships are most achievable; 
(2) describes the involvement of the PRC govern-
ment and companies incorporated in the PRC in the 
development, operation, financing, or ownership of 
energy generation facilities, transmission infrastruc-
ture, or energy resources in the countries identified in 
paragraph (1); 
(3) evaluates strategic or security concerns and 
implications for United States national interests and 
the interests of the countries identified in paragraph 
(1), with respect to the PRC’s involvement and influ-
ence in developing country energy production or 
transmission; and 
(4) outlines current and planned efforts by the 
United States to partner with the countries identified 
in paragraph (1) on energy matters that support 
shared interests between the United States and such 
countries. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—The assessment required in sub-
section (a) shall be published on the United States Agency 
for International Development’s website.
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Subtitle C—Digital Technology and 
Connectivity 
SEC. 3121. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 
ISSUES. 
(a) LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SET-
TING.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
must lead in international bodies that set the governance 
norms and rules for critical digitally enabled technologies 
in order to ensure that these technologies operate within a 
free, secure, interoperable, and stable digital domain. 
(b) COUNTERING DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the United States, along with al-
lies and partners, should lead an international effort that 
utilizes all of the economic and diplomatic tools at its dis-
posal to combat the expanding use of information and com-
munications technology products and services to surveil, re-
press, and manipulate populations (also known as ‘‘digital 
authoritarianism’’). 
(c) NEGOTIATIONS FOR DIGITAL TRADE AGREEMENTS 
OR ARRANGEMENTS.—It is the sense of Congress that the 
United States Trade Representative should negotiate bilat-
eral and plurilateral agreements or arrangements relating 
to digital goods with the European Union, Japan, Taiwan, 
the member countries of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing 
alliance, and other nations, as appropriate.
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(d) FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION
IN
THE DIGITAL 
AGE.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should lead a global effort to ensure that freedom of infor-
mation, including the ability to safely consume or publish 
information without fear of undue reprisals, is maintained 
as the digital domain becomes an increasingly integral 
mechanism for communication. 
(e) EFFORTS TO ENSURE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOP-
MENT DOES NOT THREATEN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE OR 
HUMAN RIGHTS.—It is the sense of Congress that the 
United States should lead a global effort to develop and 
adopt a set of common principles and standards for critical 
technologies to ensure that the use of such technologies can-
not be abused by malign actors, whether they are govern-
ments or other entities, and that they do not threaten demo-
cratic governance or human rights. 
(f) FORMATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TRADE AL-
LIANCE.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should examine opportunities for diplomatic negotiations 
regarding the formation of mutually beneficial alliances re-
lating to digitally-enabled technologies and services. 
SEC. 3122. DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY AND CYBERSECURITY 
PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) DIGITAL
CONNECTIVITY
AND
CYBERSECURITY 
PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary of State is authorized to es-
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tablish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Digital Connectivity 
and Cybersecurity Partnership’’ to help foreign countries— 
(1) expand and increase secure Internet access 
and digital infrastructure in emerging markets; 
(2) protect technological assets, including data; 
(3) adopt policies and regulatory positions that 
foster and encourage open, interoperable, reliable, and 
secure internet, the free flow of data, multi-stakeholder 
models of internet governance, and pro-competitive 
and secure information and communications tech-
nology (ICT) policies and regulations; 
(4) promote exports of United States ICT goods 
and services and increase United States company 
market share in target markets; 
(5) promote the diversification of ICT goods and 
supply chain services to be less reliant on PRC im-
ports; and 
(6) build cybersecurity capacity, expand inter-
operability, and promote best practices for a national 
approach to cybersecurity. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress an implementation plan for the coming year to ad-
vance the goals identified in subsection (a).
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(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the action plan re-
quired by subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall consult 
with— 
(1) the appropriate congressional committees; 
(2) leaders of the United States industry; 
(3) other relevant technology experts, including 
the Open Technology Fund; 
(4) representatives from relevant United States 
Government agencies; and 
(5) representatives from like-minded allies and 
partners. 
(d) SEMIANNUAL BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of State 
shall provide the appropriate congressional committees a 
briefing on the implementation of the plan required by sub-
section (b). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 
3123. 
STRATEGY 
FOR 
DIGITAL 
INVESTMENT 
BY 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT FINANCE CORPORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Inter-
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national Development Finance Corporation, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a strategy for support of 
private sector digital investment that— 
(1) includes support for information-connectivity 
projects, including projects relating to telecommuni-
cations equipment, mobile payments, smart cities, 
and undersea cables; 
(2) in providing such support, prioritizes private 
sector projects— 
(A) of strategic value to the United States; 
(B) of mutual strategic value to the United 
States and allies and partners of the United 
States; and 
(C) that will advance broader development 
priorities of the United States; 
(3) helps to bridge the digital gap in less devel-
oped countries and among women and minority com-
munities within those countries; 
(4) facilitates coordination, where appropriate, 
with multilateral development banks and development 
finance institutions of other countries with respect to 
projects described in paragraph (1), including
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through the provision of co-financing and co-guaran-
tees; and 
(5) identifies the human and financial resources 
available to dedicate to such projects and assesses any 
constraints to implementing such projects. 
(b) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 
provide support for projects in which entities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) participate. 
(2) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—An entity described 
in this subparagraph is an entity based in, or owned 
or controlled by the government of, a country, includ-
ing the People’s Republic of China, that does not pro-
tect internet freedom of expression and privacy. 
Subtitle D—Countering Chinese 
Communist Party Malign Influence 
SEC. 3131. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Chinese 
Communist Party Malign Influence Act’’. 
SEC. 3132. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
COUNTERING CHINESE INFLUENCE FUND. 
(a) COUNTERING CHINESE INFLUENCE FUND.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $300,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the Countering Chinese 
Influence Fund to counter the malign influence of the Chi-
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in subsection (d) and adheres to the requirements 
outlined in subsection (e); and 
(D) conducting oversight, monitoring, and 
evaluation of the effectiveness of all program-
ming conducted using the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by subsection (a) to ensure that it 
advances United States interests and degrades 
the ability of the Chinese Communist Party, to 
advance activities that align with subsection (d) 
of this section. 
(3) INTERAGENCY
COORDINATION.—The senior 
official designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, 
in coordinating and approving programming pursu-
ant to paragraph (2), seek to— 
(A) conduct appropriate interagency con-
sultation; and 
(B) ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that all approved programming functions 
in concert with other Federal activities to 
counter the malign influence and activities of the 
Chinese Communist Party. 
(4) ASSISTANT
COORDINATOR.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall designate a senior official at the 
rank of Assistant Administrator or above to assist
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and consult with the senior official designated pursu-
ant to paragraph (1). 
(d) MALIGN INFLUENCE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘malign influence’’ with respect to the Chinese Communist 
Party should be construed to include acts conducted by the 
Chinese Communist Party or entities acting on its behalf 
that— 
(1) undermine a free and open international 
order; 
(2) advance an alternative, repressive inter-
national order that bolsters the Chinese Communist 
Party’s hegemonic ambitions and is characterized by 
coercion and dependency; 
(3) undermine the national security or sov-
ereignty of the United States or other countries; or 
(4) undermine the economic security of the 
United States or other countries, including by pro-
moting corruption. 
(e) COUNTERING MALIGN INFLUENCE.—In this sec-
tion, countering malign influence through the use of funds 
authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall in-
clude efforts to— 
(1) promote transparency and accountability, 
and reduce corruption, including in governance struc-
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tures targeted by the malign influence of the Chinese 
Communist Party; 
(2) support civil society and independent media 
to raise awareness of and increase transparency re-
garding the negative impact of activities related to 
the Belt and Road Initiative and associated initia-
tives; 
(3) counter transnational criminal networks that 
benefit, or benefit from, the malign influence of the 
Chinese Communist Party; 
(4) encourage economic development structures 
that help protect against predatory lending schemes, 
including support for market-based alternatives in 
key economic sectors, such as digital economy, energy, 
and infrastructure; 
(5) counter activities that provide undue influ-
ence to the security forces of the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(6) expose misinformation and disinformation of 
the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda, includ-
ing through programs carried out by the Global En-
gagement Center; and 
(7) counter efforts by the Chinese Communist 
Party to legitimize or promote authoritarian ideology 
and governance models.
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SEC. 3133. FINDINGS ON CHINESE INFORMATION WARFARE 
AND MALIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) In the report to Congress required under sec-
tion 1261(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232), the President laid out a broad range of ma-
lign activities conducted by the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China and its agents and enti-
ties, including— 
(A) propaganda and disinformation, in 
which ‘‘Beijing communicates its narrative 
through state-run television, print, radio, and 
online organizations whose presence is prolifer-
ating in the United States and around the 
world’’; 
(B) malign political influence operations, 
particularly ‘‘front organizations and agents 
which target businesses, universities, think tanks, 
scholars, journalists, and local state and Federal 
officials in the United States and around the 
world, attempting to influence discourse’’; and 
(C) malign financial influence operations, 
characterized as the ‘‘misappropriation of tech-
nology and intellectual property, failure to ap-
propriately disclose relationships with foreign
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government sponsored entities, breaches of con-
tract and confidentiality, and manipulation of 
processes for fair and merit-based allocation of 
Federal research and development funding’’. 
(2) Chinese information warfare and malign in-
fluence operations are ongoing. In January 2019, 
then-Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, 
stated, ‘‘China will continue to use legal, political, 
and economic levers—such as the lure of Chinese mar-
kets—to shape the information environment. It is also 
capable of using cyber attacks against systems in the 
United States to censor or suppress viewpoints it 
deems politically sensitive.’’. 
(3) In February 2020, then-Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, testi-
fied to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives that the People’s Republic of China 
has ‘‘very active [malign] foreign influence efforts in 
this country,’’ with the goal of ‘‘trying to shift our 
policy and our public opinion to be more pro-China 
on a variety of issues’’. 
(4) The PRC’s information warfare and malign 
influence operations continue to adopt new tactics 
and evolve in sophistication. In May 2020, then-Spe-
cial Envoy and Coordinator of the Global Engage-
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ment Center (GEC), Lea Gabrielle, stated that there 
was a convergence of Russian and Chinese narratives 
surrounding COVID–19 and that the GEC had ‘‘un-
covered a new network of inauthentic Twitter ac-
counts’’ that it assessed was ‘‘created with the intent 
to amplify Chinese propaganda and disinformation’’. 
In June 2020, Google reported that Chinese hackers 
attempted to access email accounts of the campaign 
staff of a presidential candidate. 
(5) Chinese information warfare and malign in-
fluence operations are a threat to the national secu-
rity, democracy, and economic systems of the United 
States and its allies and partners. In October 2018, 
Vice President Michael R. Pence warned that ‘‘Bei-
jing is employing a whole-of-government approach, 
using political, economic, and military tools, as well 
as propaganda, to advance its influence and benefit 
its interests in the United States.’’. 
(6) In February 2018, then-Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, testi-
fied to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate that the People’s Republic of China is taking 
advantage of and exploiting the open research and de-
velopment environments of United States institutions 
of higher education to utilize ‘‘professors, scientists
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and students’’ as ‘‘nontraditional collectors’’ of infor-
mation. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES.—The President shall— 
(1) protect our democratic institutions and proc-
esses from malign influence from the People’s Repub-
lic of China and other foreign adversaries; and 
(2) consistent with the policy specified in para-
graph (1), direct the heads of the appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies to implement Acts of Con-
gress to counter and deter PRC and other foreign in-
formation warfare and malign influence operations 
without delay, including— 
(A) section 1043 of the John S. McCain Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019 (Public Law 115–232), which authorizes a 
coordinator position within the National Secu-
rity Council for countering malign foreign influ-
ence operations and campaigns; 
(B) section 228 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92), which authorizes additional re-
search of foreign malign influence operations on 
social media platforms; 
(C) section 847 of such Act, which requires 
the Secretary of Defense to modify contracting
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regulations regarding vetting for foreign owner-
ship, control and influence in order to mitigate 
risks from malign foreign influence; 
(D) section 1239 of such Act, which requires 
an update of the comprehensive strategy to 
counter the threat of malign influence to include 
the People’s Republic of China; 
(E) section 5323 of such Act, which author-
izes the Director of National Intelligence to fa-
cilitate the establishment of Social Media Data 
and Threat Analysis Center to detect and study 
information warfare and malign influence oper-
ations across social media platforms; and 
(F) section 119C of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059), which authorizes 
the establishment of a Foreign Malign Influence 
Response Center inside the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence. 
SEC. 3134. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 
FULBRIGHT-HAYS PROGRAM. 
There are authorized to be appropriated, for the 5-year 
period beginning on October 1, 2021, $105,500,000, to pro-
mote education, training, research, and foreign language 
skills through the Fulbright-Hays Program, in accordance
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with section 102(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)). 
SEC. 3135. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONDEMNING ANTI-ASIAN 
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Since the onset of the COVID–19 pandemic, 
crimes and discrimination against Asians and those 
of Asian descent have risen dramatically worldwide. 
In May 2020, United Nations Secretary-General An-
tonio Guterres said ‘‘the pandemic continues to un-
leash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating 
and scare-mongering’’ and urged governments to ‘‘act 
now to strengthen the immunity of our societies 
against the virus of hate’’. 
(2) Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) 
workers make up a large portion of the essential 
workers on the frontlines of the COVID–19 pandemic, 
making up 8.5 percent of all essential healthcare 
workers in the United States. AAPI workers also 
make up a large share—between 6 percent and 12 
percent based on sector—of the biomedical field. 
(3) The United States Census notes that Ameri-
cans of Asian descent alone made up nearly 5.9 per-
cent of the United States population in 2019, and 
that Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial
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group in the United States, projected to represent 14 
percent of the United States population by 2065. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the reprehensible attacks on people of Asian 
descent and concerning increase in anti-Asian senti-
ment and racism in the United States and around the 
world have no place in a peaceful, civilized, and toler-
ant world; 
(2) the United States is a diverse nation with a 
proud tradition of immigration, and the strength and 
vibrancy of the United States is enhanced by the di-
verse ethnic backgrounds and tolerance of its citizens, 
including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; 
(3) the United States Government should encour-
age other foreign governments to use the official and 
scientific names for the COVID–19 pandemic, as rec-
ommended by the World Health Organization and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and 
(4) the United States Government and other gov-
ernments around the world must actively oppose rac-
ism and intolerance, and use all available and appro-
priate tools to combat the spread of anti-Asian racism 
and discrimination.
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SEC. 3136. SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND COUN-
TERING DISINFORMATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The PRC is increasing its spending on pub-
lic diplomacy including influence campaigns, adver-
tising, and investments into state-sponsored media 
publications outside of the PRC. These include, for ex-
ample, more than $10,000,000,000 in foreign direct 
investment in communications infrastructure, plat-
forms, and properties, as well as bringing journalists 
to the PRC for training programs. 
(2) The PRC, through the Voice of China, the 
United Front Work Department (UFWD), and 
UFWD’s many affiliates and proxies, has obtained 
unfettered access to radio, television, and digital dis-
semination platforms in numerous languages targeted 
at citizens in other regions where the PRC has an in-
terest in promoting public sentiment in support of the 
Chinese Communist Party and expanding the reach of 
its misleading narratives and propaganda. 
(3) Even in Western democracies, the PRC 
spends extensively on influence operations, such as a 
$500,000,000 advertising campaign to attract cable 
viewers in Australia and a more than $20,000,000 
campaign to influence United States public opinion 
via the China Daily newspaper supplement.
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(4) Radio Free Asia (referred to in this sub-
section as ‘‘RFA’’), a private nonprofit multimedia 
news corporation, which broadcasts in 9 East Asian 
languages including Mandarin, Uyghur, Cantonese, 
and Tibetan, has succeeded in its mission to reach 
audiences in China and in the Central Asia region 
despite the Chinese Government’s— 
(A) efforts to practice ‘‘media sovereignty,’’ 
which restricts access to the free press within 
China; and 
(B) campaign to spread disinformation to 
countries abroad. 
(5) In 2019, RFA’s Uyghur Service alerted the 
world to the human rights abuses of Uyghur and 
other ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region. 
(6) Gulchehra Hoja, a Uyghur journalist for 
RFA, received the International Women’s Media 
Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Award and a 
2019 Magnitsky Human Rights Award for her cov-
erage of Xinjiang, while the Chinese Government de-
tained and harassed Ms. Hoja’s China-based family 
and the families of 7 other RFA journalists in retal-
iation for their role in exposing abuses.
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(7) In 2019 and 2020, RFA provided widely dis-
seminated print and digital coverage of the decline in 
freedom in Hong Kong and the student-led protests of 
the extradition law. 
(8) In March 2020, RFA exposed efforts by the 
Chinese Government to underreport the number of fa-
talities from the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan 
Province, China. 
(b) THE UNITED STATES AGENCY
FOR GLOBAL 
MEDIA.—The United States Agency for Global Media 
(USAGM) and affiliate Federal and non-Federal entities 
shall undertake the following actions to support inde-
pendent journalism, counter disinformation, and combat 
surveillance in countries where the Chinese Communist 
Party 
and 
other 
malign 
actors 
are 
promoting 
disinformation, propaganda, and manipulated media mar-
kets: 
(1) Radio Free Asia (RFA) shall expand domes-
tic coverage and digital programming for all RFA 
China services and other affiliate language broad-
casting services. 
(2) USAGM shall increase funding for RFA’s 
Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Cantonese language 
services.
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(3) Voice of America shall establish a real-time 
disinformation tracking tool similar to Polygraph for 
Russian language propaganda and misinformation. 
(4) USAGM shall expand existing training and 
partnership programs that promote journalistic 
standards, investigative reporting, cybersecurity, and 
digital analytics to help expose and counter false CCP 
narratives. 
(5) The Open Technology Fund shall continue 
and expand its work to support tools and technology 
to circumvent censorship and surveillance by the 
CCP, both inside the PRC as well as abroad where the 
PRC has exported censorship technology, and increase 
secure peer-to-peer connectivity and privacy tools. 
(6) Voice of America shall continue and review 
opportunities to expand its mission of providing 
timely, accurate, and reliable news, programming, 
and content about the United States, including news, 
culture, and values. 
(7) The networks and grantees of the United 
States Agency for Global Media shall continue their 
mission of providing credible and timely news cov-
erage inclusive of the People’s Republic of China’s ac-
tivities in Xinjiang, including China’s ongoing geno-
cide and crimes against humanity with respect to
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Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, including 
through strategic amplification of Radio Free Asia’s 
coverage, in its news programming in majority-Mus-
lim countries. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026 for the United States Agency for Global 
Media, $100,000,000 for ongoing and new programs to sup-
port local media, build independent media, combat Chinese 
disinformation inside and outside of China, invest in tech-
nology to subvert censorship, and monitor and evaluate 
these programs, of which— 
(1) not less than $70,000,000 shall be directed to 
a grant to Radio Free Asia language services; 
(2) not less than $20,000,000 shall be used to 
serve populations in China through Mandarin, Can-
tonese, Uyghur, and Tibetan language services; and 
(3) not less than $5,500,000 shall be used for dig-
ital media services— 
(A) to counter propaganda of non-Chinese 
populations in foreign countries; and 
(B) to counter propaganda of Chinese popu-
lations in China through ‘‘Global Mandarin’’ 
programming. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for 5 years, the Chief Executive Office of the 
United States Agency for Global Media, in consulta-
tion with the President of the Open Technology Fund, 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that outlines— 
(A) the amount of funding appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (c) that was provided to 
the Open Technology Fund for purposes of cir-
cumventing Chinese Communist Party censor-
ship of the internet within the borders of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; 
(B) the progress that has been made in de-
veloping the technology referred to in subpara-
graph (A), including an assessment of whether 
the funding provided was sufficient to achieve 
meaningful penetration of People’s Republic of 
China’s censors; and 
(C) the impact of Open Technology Fund 
tools on piercing Chinese Communist Party 
internet censorship efforts, including the metrics 
used to measure that impact and the trajectory 
of that impact over the previous 5 years.
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(2) FORM
OF
REPORT.—The report required 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(e) SUPPORT FOR LOCAL MEDIA.—The Secretary of 
State, acting through the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall support and train jour-
nalists on investigative techniques necessary to ensure pub-
lic accountability related to the Belt and Road Initiative, 
the PRC’s surveillance and digital export of technology, and 
other influence operations abroad direct or directly sup-
ported by the Communist Party or the Chinese government. 
(f) INTERNET FREEDOM PROGRAMS.—The Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall continue to 
support internet freedom programs. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, $170,000,000 
for ongoing and new programs in support of press freedom, 
training, and protection of journalists. 
SEC. 3137. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress established the Global Engage-
ment Center to ‘‘direct, lead, and coordinate efforts’’ of the 
Federal Government to ‘‘recognize, understand, expose, and
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counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and 
disinformation globally’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Section 1287(j) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 
2656 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 8 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Global Engagement Center should expand its co-
ordinating capacity through the exchange of liaison officers 
with Federal departments and agencies that manage aspects 
of identifying and countering foreign disinformation, in-
cluding the National Counterterrorism Center at the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence and from combatant 
commands. 
(d) HIRING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of State, during the five year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and solely to carry out functions of the Global Engagement 
Center, may— 
(1) appoint employees without regard to the pro-
visions of title 5, United States Code, regarding ap-
pointments in the competitive service; and 
(2) fix the basic compensation of such employees 
without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of
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chapter 53 of such title regarding classification and 
General Schedule pay rates. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022 for the Global Engagement Center to counter foreign 
state 
and 
non-state 
sponsored 
propaganda 
and 
disinformation. 
SEC. 3138. REVIEW BY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVEST-
MENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN 
FOREIGN GIFTS TO AND CONTRACTS WITH IN-
STITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 
1950.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
COVERED
TRANSACTION.— 
Subsection (a)(4) of section 721 of the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) any transaction described in 
subparagraph (B)(vi) proposed or pending
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after the date of the enactment of the China 
Strategic Competition Act of 2021.’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(vi) Any gift to an institution of 
higher education from a foreign person, or 
the entry into a contract by such an institu-
tion with a foreign person, if— 
‘‘(I)(aa) the value of the gift or 
contract equals or exceeds $1,000,000; 
or 
‘‘(bb) the institution receives, di-
rectly or indirectly, more than one gift 
from or enters into more than one con-
tract, directly or indirectly, with the 
same foreign person for the same pur-
pose the aggregate value of which, dur-
ing the period of 2 consecutive cal-
endar 
years, 
equals 
or 
exceeds 
$1,000,000; and 
‘‘(II) the gift or contract— 
‘‘(aa) relates to research, de-
velopment, or production of crit-
ical technologies and provides the 
foreign person potential access to
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any material nonpublic technical 
information (as defined in sub-
paragraph (D)(ii)) in the posses-
sion of the institution; or 
‘‘(bb) is a restricted or condi-
tional gift or contract (as defined 
in section 117(h) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1011f(h))) that establishes con-
trol.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) FOREIGN GIFTS TO AND CONTRACTS 
WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
For purposes of subparagraph (B)(vi): 
‘‘(i) CONTRACT.—The term ‘contract’ 
means any agreement for the acquisition by 
purchase, lease, or barter of property or 
services by a foreign person, for the direct 
benefit or use of either of the parties. 
‘‘(ii) GIFT.—The term ‘gift’ means any 
gift of money or property. 
‘‘(iii) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher 
education’ means any institution, public or 
private, or, if a multicampus institution,
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any single campus of such institution, in 
any State— 
‘‘(I) that is legally authorized 
within such State to provide a pro-
gram of education beyond secondary 
school; 
‘‘(II) that provides a program for 
which the institution awards a bach-
elor’s degree (or provides not less than 
a 2-year program which is acceptable 
for full credit toward such a degree) or 
a more advanced degree; 
‘‘(III) that is accredited by a na-
tionally recognized accrediting agency 
or association; and 
‘‘(IV) to which the Federal Gov-
ernment extends Federal financial as-
sistance (directly or indirectly through 
another entity or person), or that re-
ceives support from the extension of 
Federal financial assistance to any of 
the institution’s subunits.’’. 
(2) 
MANDATORY
DECLARATIONS.—Subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(v)(IV)(aa) of such section is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such regulations
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shall require a declaration under this subclause with 
respect to a covered transaction described in sub-
section (a)(4)(B)(vi)(II)(aa).’’. 
(3) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Subsection 
(f) of such section is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (11) as 
paragraph (12); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (10) the 
following: 
‘‘(11) as appropriate, and particularly with re-
spect to covered transactions described in subsection 
(a)(4)(B)(vi), the importance of academic freedom at 
institutions of higher education in the United States; 
and’’. 
(4) MEMBERSHIP OF CFIUS.—Subsection (k) of 
such section is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(H), (I), and (J) as subparagraphs (I), (J), 
and (K), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(G) the following:
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rected or directly assisted by foreign governments 
against institutions of higher education (as de-
fined in subsection (a)(4)(G)) aimed at obtain-
ing research and development methods or secrets 
related to critical technologies; and 
‘‘(E) an evaluation of, and recommendation 
for any changes to, reviews conducted under this 
section that relate to institutions of higher edu-
cation, based on an analysis of disclosure reports 
submitted to the chairperson under section 
117(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011f(a)).’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF CFIUS IN REPORTING ON FOREIGN 
GIFTS UNDER HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Section 
117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’ the following: ‘‘and the Secretary of the 
Treasury (in the capacity of the Secretary as the 
chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Investment 
in the United States under section 721(k)(3) of the 
Defense 
Production 
Act 
of 
1950 
(50 
U.S.C. 
4565(k)(3)))’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)—
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priate to implement the amendments made by sub-
section (a). 
(2) 
ELEMENTS.—The 
regulations 
prescribed 
under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) regulations accounting for the burden 
on institutions of higher education likely to re-
sult from compliance with the amendments made 
by subsection (a), including structuring penalties 
and filing fees to reduce such burdens, shortening 
timelines for reviews and investigations, allow-
ing for simplified and streamlined declaration 
and notice requirements, and implementing any 
procedures necessary to protect academic free-
dom; and 
(B) guidance with respect to— 
(i) which gifts and contracts described 
in described in clause (vi)(II)(aa) of sub-
section (a)(4)(B) of section 721 of the De-
fense Production Act of 1950, as added by 
subsection (a)(1), would be subject to filing 
mandatory declarations under subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(v)(IV) of that section; and 
(ii) the meaning of ‘‘control’’, as de-
fined in subsection (a) of that section, as 
that term applies to covered transactions
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described in clause (vi) of paragraph (4)(B) 
of that section, as added by subsection 
(a)(1). 
(3) ISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE.—The Committee 
shall issue a final rule to carry out the amendments 
made by subsection (a) after assessing the findings of 
the pilot program required by subsection (e). 
(e) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 
30 days after the publication in the Federal Register 
of the matter required by paragraph (2) and ending 
on the date that is 570 days thereafter, the Committee 
shall conduct a pilot program to assess methods for 
implementing the review of covered transactions de-
scribed in clause (vi) of section 721(a)(4)(B) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as added by sub-
section (a)(1). 
(2) PROPOSED DETERMINATION.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Committee shall, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Education, publish in the Federal Reg-
ister— 
(A) a proposed determination of the scope of 
and procedures for the pilot program required by 
paragraph (1);
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(B) an assessment of the burden on institu-
tions of higher education likely to result from 
compliance with the pilot program; 
(C) recommendations for addressing any 
such burdens, including shortening timelines for 
reviews and investigations, structuring penalties 
and filing fees, and simplifying and stream-
lining declaration and notice requirements to re-
duce such burdens; and 
(D) any procedures necessary to ensure that 
the pilot program does not infringe upon aca-
demic freedom. 
(3) REPORT ON FINDINGS.—Upon conclusion of 
the pilot program required by paragraph (1), the 
Committee shall submit to Congress a report on the 
findings of that pilot program that includes— 
(A) a summary of the reviews conducted by 
the Committee under the pilot program and the 
outcome of such reviews; 
(B) an assessment of any additional re-
sources required by the Committee to carry out 
this section or the amendments made by sub-
section (a); 
(C) findings regarding the additional bur-
den on institutions of higher education likely to
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result from compliance with the amendments 
made by subsection (a) and any additional rec-
ommended steps to reduce those burdens; and 
(D) any recommendations for Congress to 
consider regarding the scope or procedures de-
scribed in this section or the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 3139. POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON SENATE- 
CONFIRMED OFFICIALS AT THE DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) Congress and the executive branch have rec-
ognized the importance of preventing and mitigating 
the potential for conflicts of interest following govern-
ment service, including with respect to senior United 
States officials working on behalf of foreign govern-
ments; and 
(2) Congress and the executive branch should 
jointly evaluate the status and scope of post-employ-
ment restrictions. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 841 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(i) EXTENDED POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS 
FOR CERTAIN SENATE-CONFIRMED OFFICIALS.— 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF STATE AND DEPUTY SEC-
RETARY OF STATE.—With respect to a person serving 
as the Secretary of State or Deputy Secretary of 
State, the restrictions described in section 207(f)(1) of 
title 18, United States Code, shall apply to rep-
resenting, aiding, or advising a foreign governmental 
entity before an officer or employee of the executive 
branch of the United States at any time after the ter-
mination of that person’s service as Secretary or Dep-
uty Secretary. 
‘‘(2) UNDER
SECRETARIES, ASSISTANT
SECRE-
TARIES, AND AMBASSADORS.—With respect to a per-
son serving as an Under Secretary, Assistant Sec-
retary, or Ambassador at the Department of State or 
the United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations, the restrictions described in section 
207(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, shall apply 
to representing, aiding, or advising a foreign govern-
mental entity before an officer or employee of the ex-
ecutive branch of the United States for 3 years after 
the termination of that person’s service in a position 
described in this paragraph, or the duration of the
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term or terms of the President who appointed that 
person to their position, whichever is longer. 
‘‘(3) PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIONS.—Any viola-
tions of the restrictions in paragraphs (1) or (2) shall 
be subject to the penalties and injunctions provided 
for under section 216 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘ ‘‘(A) The term ‘foreign governmental enti-
ty’ includes any person employed by— 
‘‘(i) any department, agency, or other 
entity of a foreign government at the na-
tional, regional, or local level; 
‘‘(ii) any governing party or coalition 
of a foreign government at the national, re-
gional, or local level; or 
‘‘(iii) any entity majority-owned or 
majority-controlled by a foreign government 
at the national, regional, or local level. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘representation’ does not in-
clude representation by an attorney, who is duly 
licensed and authorized to provide legal advice 
in a United States jurisdiction, of a person or 
entity in a legal capacity or for the purposes of 
rendering legal advice.
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‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The restrictions in this 
subsection shall apply only to persons who are ap-
pointed by the President to the positions referenced in 
this subsection on or after 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Strategic Competition Act of 
2021. 
‘‘(6) NOTICE
OF
RESTRICTIONS.—Any person 
subject to the restrictions of this subsection shall be 
provided notice of these restrictions by the Depart-
ment of State upon appointment by the President, 
and subsequently upon termination of service with the 
Department of State.’’. 
SEC. 3140. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PRIORITIZING NOMINA-
TION OF QUALIFIED AMBASSADORS TO EN-
SURE PROPER DIPLOMATIC POSITIONING TO 
COUNTER CHINESE INFLUENCE. 
It is the sense of Congress that it is critically impor-
tant for the President to nominate qualified ambassadors 
as quickly as possible, especially for countries in Central 
and South America, to ensure that the United States is dip-
lomatically positioned to counter Chinese influence efforts 
in foreign countries. 
SEC. 3141. CHINA CENSORSHIP MONITOR AND ACTION 
GROUP. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) QUALIFIED
RESEARCH
ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘qualified research entity’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is a nonpartisan research organization 
or a federally funded research and development 
center; 
(B) has appropriate expertise and analyt-
ical capability to write the report required under 
subsection (c); and 
(C) is free from any financial, commercial, 
or other entanglements, which could undermine 
the independence of such report or create a con-
flict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of 
interest, with— 
(i) the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China; 
(ii) the Chinese Communist Party; 
(iii) any company incorporated in the 
People’s Republic of China or a subsidiary 
of such company; or 
(iv) any company or entity incor-
porated outside of the People’s Republic of 
China that is believed to have a substantial 
financial or commercial interest in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.
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(2) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
(b) CHINA
CENSORSHIP
MONITOR
AND
ACTION 
GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 
an interagency task force, which shall be known as the 
‘‘China Censorship Monitor and Action Group’’ (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The President shall— 
(A) appoint the chair of the Task Force 
from among the staff of the National Security 
Council; 
(B) appoint the vice chair of the Task Force 
from among the staff of the National Economic 
Council; and 
(C) direct the head of each of the following 
executive branch agencies to appoint personnel to 
participate in the Task Force:
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(i) The Department of State. 
(ii) The Department of Commerce. 
(iii) The Department of the Treasury. 
(iv) The Department of Justice. 
(v) The Office of the United States 
Trade Representative. 
(vi) The Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, and other appropriate 
elements of the intelligence community (as 
defined in section 3 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)). 
(vii) The Federal Communications 
Commission. 
(viii) The United States Agency for 
Global Media. 
(ix) Other agencies designated by the 
President. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(A) oversee the development and execution of 
an integrated Federal Government strategy to 
monitor and address the impacts of efforts di-
rected, or directly supported, by the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China to censor or in-
timidate, in the United States or in any of its 
possessions or territories, any United States per-
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son, including United States companies that 
conduct business in the People’s Republic of 
China, which are exercising their right to free-
dom of speech; and 
(B) submit the strategy developed pursuant 
to subparagraph (A) to the appropriate congres-
sional committees not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall meet not 
less frequently than twice per year. 
(5) CONSULTATIONS.—The Task Force should 
regularly consult, to the extent necessary and appro-
priate, with— 
(A) Federal agencies that are not rep-
resented on the Task Force; 
(B) independent agencies of the United 
States Government that are not represented on 
the Task Force; 
(C) relevant stakeholders in the private sec-
tor and the media; and 
(D) relevant stakeholders among United 
States allies and partners facing similar chal-
lenges related to censorship or intimidation by 
the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China.
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(6) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Task Force 
shall submit an annual report to the appropriate 
congressional committees that describes, with re-
spect to the reporting period— 
(i) the strategic objectives and policies 
pursued by the Task Force to address the 
challenges of censorship and intimidation of 
United States persons while in the United 
States or any of its possessions or terri-
tories, which is directed or directly sup-
ported by the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China; 
(ii) the activities conducted by the 
Task Force in support of the strategic objec-
tives and policies referred to in clause (i); 
and 
(iii) the results of the activities referred 
to in clause (ii) and the impact of such ac-
tivities on the national interests of the 
United States. 
(B) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub-
mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be 
unclassified, but may include a classified annex.
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(C) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Task Force 
shall provide briefings to the appropriate con-
gressional committees regarding the activities of 
the Task Force to execute the strategy developed 
pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 
(c) REPORT ON CENSORSHIP AND INTIMIDATION OF 
UNITED STATES PERSONS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall select and seek to enter 
into an agreement with a qualified research enti-
ty that is independent of the Department of 
State to write a report on censorship and in-
timidation in the United States and its posses-
sions and territories of United States persons, 
including United States companies that conduct 
business in the People’s Republic of China, which 
is directed or directly supported by the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China. 
(B) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The re-
port required under subparagraph (A) shall—
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(i) assess major trends, patterns, and 
methods of the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China’s efforts to direct or di-
rectly support censorship and intimidation 
of United States persons, including United 
States companies that conduct business in 
the People’s Republic of China, which are 
exercising their right to freedom of speech; 
(ii) assess, including through the use of 
illustrative examples, as appropriate, the 
impact on and consequences for United 
States persons, including United States 
companies that conduct business in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, that criticize— 
(I) the Chinese Communist Party; 
(II) the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; 
(III) the authoritarian model of 
government of the People’s Republic of 
China; or 
(IV) a particular policy advanced 
by the Chinese Communist Party or 
the Government of the People’s Repub-
lic of China;
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(iii) identify the implications for the 
United States of the matters described in 
clauses (i) and (ii); 
(iv) assess the methods and evaluate 
the efficacy of the efforts by the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China to limit 
freedom of expression in the private sector, 
including media, social media, film, edu-
cation, travel, financial services, sports and 
entertainment, 
technology, 
telecommuni-
cation, and internet infrastructure interests; 
(v) include policy recommendations for 
the United States Government, including 
recommendations regarding collaboration 
with United States allies and partners, to 
address censorship and intimidation by the 
Government of the People’s Republic of 
China; and 
(vi) include policy recommendations 
for United States persons, including United 
States companies that conduct business in 
China, to address censorship and intimida-
tion by the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China.
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(C) APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES AL-
LIES AND PARTNERS.—To the extent practicable, 
the report required under subparagraph (A) 
should identify implications and policy rec-
ommendations that are relevant to United States 
allies and partners facing censorship and intimi-
dation directed or directly supported by the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit the report writ-
ten by the qualified research entity selected pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(A) to the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
(B) PUBLICATION.—The report referred to 
in subparagraph (A) shall be made accessible to 
the public online through relevant United States 
Government websites. 
(3) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State and other Federal agencies selected by 
the President shall provide the qualified research enti-
ty selected pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) with timely 
access to appropriate information, data, resources, 
and analyses necessary for such entity to write the re-
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port described in paragraph (1)(A) in a thorough and 
independent manner. 
(d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the date 
that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—INVESTING IN 
ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS 
Subtitle A—Strategic and 
Diplomatic Matters 
SEC. 3201. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED. 
In this subtitle, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 3202. UNITED STATES COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT 
FOR ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE INDO-PA-
CIFIC. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States treaty alliances in the 
Indo-Pacific provide a unique strategic advantage to 
the United States and are among the Nation’s most
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precious assets, enabling the United States to advance 
its vital national interests, defend its territory, ex-
pand its economy through international trade and 
commerce, establish enduring cooperation among like- 
minded countries, prevent the domination of the Indo- 
Pacific and its surrounding maritime and air lanes 
by a hostile power or powers, and deter potential ag-
gressors; 
(2) the Governments of the United States, Japan, 
the Republic of Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and 
Thailand are critical allies in advancing a free and 
open order in the Indo-Pacific region and tackling 
challenges with unity of purpose, and have collabo-
rated to advance specific efforts of shared interest in 
areas such as defense and security, economic pros-
perity, infrastructure connectivity, and fundamental 
freedoms; 
(3) the United States greatly values other part-
nerships in the Indo-Pacific region, including with 
India, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, 
and Vietnam as well as regional architecture such as 
the Quad, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 
(ASEAN), and the Asia-Pacific Economic Commu-
nity (APEC), which are essential to further shared 
interests;
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(4) the security environment in the Indo-Pacific 
demands consistent United States and allied commit-
ment to strengthening and advancing our alliances so 
that they are postured to meet these challenges, and 
will require sustained political will, concrete partner-
ships, economic, commercial, and technological co-
operation, consistent and tangible commitments, high- 
level and extensive consultations on matters of mutual 
interest, mutual and shared cooperation in the acqui-
sition of key capabilities important to allied defenses, 
and unified mutual support in the face of political, 
economic, or military coercion; 
(5) fissures in the United States alliance rela-
tionships and partnerships benefit United States ad-
versaries and weaken collective ability to advance 
shared interests; 
(6) the United States must work with allies to 
prioritize human rights throughout the Indo-Pacific 
region; 
(7) as the report released in August 2020 by the 
Expert Group of the International Military Council 
on Climate and Security (IMCCS), titled ‘‘Climate 
and Security in the Indo-Asia Pacific’’ noted, the 
Indo-Pacific region is one of the regions most vulner-
able to climate impacts and as former Deputy Under
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Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environ-
ment Sherri Goodman, Secretary General of IMCCS, 
noted, climate shocks act as a threat multiplier in the 
Indo-Pacific region, increasing humanitarian re-
sponse costs and impacting security throughout the 
region as sea levels rise, fishing patterns shift, food 
insecurity rises, and storms grow stronger and more 
frequent; 
(8) the United State should continue to engage 
on and deepen cooperation with allies and partners 
of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, as 
laid out in the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (Pub-
lic Law 115–409), in the areas of— 
(A) forecasting environmental challenges; 
(B) assisting with transnational coopera-
tion on sustainable uses of forest and water re-
sources with the goal of preserving biodiversity 
and access to safe drinking water; 
(C) fisheries and marine resource conserva-
tion; and 
(D) meeting environmental challenges and 
developing resilience; and 
(9) the Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development,
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should facilitate a robust interagency Indo-Pacific cli-
mate resiliency and adaptation strategy focusing on 
internal and external actions needed— 
(A) to facilitate regional early recovery, risk 
reduction, and resilience to weather-related im-
pacts on strategic interests of the United States 
and partners and allies of the United States in 
the region; and 
(B) to address humanitarian and food secu-
rity impacts of weather-related changes in the re-
gion. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States— 
(1) to deepen diplomatic, economic, and security 
cooperation between and among the United States, 
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, the Phil-
ippines, and Thailand, including through diplomatic 
engagement, regional development, energy security 
and development, scientific and health partnerships, 
educational and cultural exchanges, missile defense, 
intelligence-sharing, space, cyber, and other diplo-
matic and defense-related initiatives; 
(2) to uphold our multilateral and bilateral trea-
ty obligations, including—
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(A) defending Japan, including all areas 
under the administration of Japan, under article 
V of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Secu-
rity Between the United States of America and 
Japan; 
(B) defending the Republic of Korea under 
article III of the Mutual Defense Treaty Between 
the United States and the Republic of Korea; 
(C) defending the Philippines under article 
IV of the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the 
United States and the Republic of the Phil-
ippines; 
(D) defending Thailand under the 1954 Ma-
nila Pact and the Thanat-Rusk communique of 
1962; and 
(E) defending Australia under article IV of 
the Australia, New Zealand, United States Secu-
rity Treaty; 
(3) to strengthen and deepen the United States’ 
bilateral and regional partnerships, including with 
India, Taiwan, ASEAN, and New Zealand; 
(4) to cooperate with Japan, the Republic of 
Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand to 
promote human rights bilaterally and through re-
gional and multilateral fora and pacts; and
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(5) to strengthen and advance diplomatic, eco-
nomic, and security cooperation with regional part-
ners, such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, 
Indonesia, and India. 
SEC. 3203. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COOPERATION WITH 
THE QUAD. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should reaffirm our com-
mitment to quadrilateral cooperation among Aus-
tralia, India, Japan, and the United States (the 
‘‘Quad’’) to enhance and implement a shared vision 
to meet shared regional challenges and to promote a 
free, open, inclusive, resilient, and healthy Indo-Pa-
cific that is characterized by democracy, rule of law, 
and market-driven economic growth, and is free from 
undue influence and coercion; 
(2) the United States should seek to expand sus-
tained dialogue and cooperation through the Quad 
with a range of partners to support the rule of law, 
freedom of navigation and overflight, peaceful resolu-
tion of disputes, democratic values, and territorial in-
tegrity, and to uphold peace and prosperity and 
strengthen democratic resilience; 
(3) the United States should seek to expand ave-
nues of cooperation with the Quad, including more
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tise, as appropriate and to the extent that such participa-
tion advances the goals of such program. 
(d) DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of State is authorized to delegate 
the responsibilities described in this section to the Under 
Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the 
Environment. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026 to carry out this section. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may make 
available amounts appropriated pursuant to para-
graph (1) in a manner that— 
(A) facilitates participation by representa-
tives from technical agencies within the United 
States Government and their counterparts; and 
(B) complies with applicable procedural re-
quirements under the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) 
and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.).