to the requirements outlined in subsection (e); 
and 
(D) conducting oversight, monitoring, and 
evaluation of the effectiveness of all program-
ming conducted using such funds to ensure that 
it advances United States interests and de-
grades the ability of the Chinese Communist 
Party or the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China, to advance activities that align 
with subsection (d) of this section. 
(4) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The senior 
official of the Department of State designated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall, in coordinating and 
approving programming pursuant to paragraph (2), 
seek— 
(A) to conduct appropriate interagency 
consultation; and 
(B) to ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that all approved programming 
functions in concert with other Federal activi-
ties to counter the malign influence of the Chi-
nese Communist Party or the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(d) MALIGN INFLUENCE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘malign influence’’, with respect to the Chinese Com-
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munist Party or the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China, shall be construed to include acts conducted by 
the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China, or entities acting on their be-
half that— 
(1) undermine a free and open international 
order; 
(2) advance an alternative, repressive inter-
national order that bolsters the Chinese Communist 
Party’s or the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China’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 and advancing coercive economic 
practices. 
(e) COUNTERING MALIGN INFLUENCE.—In this sec-
tion, countering malign influence through the use of funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions under subsection (a) shall include efforts— 
(1) to promote transparency and accountability, 
and reduce corruption, including in governance 
structures targeted by the malign influence of the 
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Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China; 
(2) to support civil society and independent 
media to raise awareness of and increase trans-
parency regarding the negative impact of activities 
related to the Belt and Road Initiative, associated 
initiatives, other economic initiatives with strategic 
or political purposes, and coercive economic prac-
tices; 
(3) to counter transnational criminal networks 
that benefit, or benefit from, the malign influence of 
the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China; 
(4) to encourage economic development struc-
tures that help protect against predatory lending 
schemes, including support for market-based alter-
natives in key economic sectors, such as digital econ-
omy, energy, and infrastructure; 
(5) to counter activities that provide undue in-
fluence to the security forces of the People’s Repub-
lic of China; 
(6) 
to 
expose 
misinformation 
and 
disinformation of the Chinese Communist Party’s or 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s 
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propaganda, including through programs carried out 
by the Global Engagement Center; and 
(7) to counter efforts by the Chinese Com-
munist Party or the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China to legitimize or promote authori-
tarian ideology and governance models. 
(f) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—Not later than September 
30, 2023, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the senior 
official of the Department of State designated pursuant 
to subsection (c)(1) shall submit to the congressional com-
mittees specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
(b), a summary identifying each activity or program ap-
proved pursuant to subsection (c), and shall include— 
(1) for each program or activity, an identifica-
tion of the country or regional location of the pro-
gram or activity; 
(2) for each program or activity, whether the 
program or activity was ongoing prior to receiving 
support from funds from the Countering People’s 
Republic of China Malign Influence Fund, or any 
predecessor resource intended for the same or sub-
stantially similar purpose; 
(3) for each program or activity, an identifica-
tion of the acts described in subsection (d) that such 
program or activity is intended to counter; and 
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(4) a table identifying the respective allocation 
of all programs or activities approved during that 
fiscal year across accounts and regional or functional 
bureaus. 
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