IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1398 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To establish the CCP Initiative program, 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 ‘‘Protect America’s In-
novation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. CCP INITIATIVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
National Security Division of the Department of Justice 
the CCP Initiative to— 
(1) counter nation-state threats to the United 
States; 
(2) curb spying by the Chinese Communist 
Party on United States intellectual property and 
academic institutions in the United States; 
(3) develop an enforcement strategy concerning 
nontraditional collectors, including researchers in 
labs, universities, and the defense industrial base, 
that are being used to transfer technology contrary 
to United States interests; 
(4) implement the Foreign Investment Risk Re-
view Modernization Act of 2018 (title XVII of divi-
sion A of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 2173)) for the Department of 
Justice, including by working with the Department 
of the Treasury to develop regulations under that 
Act; 
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(5) identify cases under the Foreign Corrupt 
Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–213; 91 Stat. 
1494) involving Chinese companies that compete 
with United States businesses; 
(6) prioritize— 
(A) identifying and prosecuting those en-
gaged in trade secret theft, hacking, and eco-
nomic espionage; 
(B) protecting the critical infrastructure in 
the United States against external threats 
through foreign direct investment and supply 
chain compromises; and 
(C) identifying Chinese Communist Party 
theft of intellectual property from small busi-
nesses; and 
(7) investigate investments made by Chinese 
companies included on the Entity List maintained 
by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the De-
partment of Commerce or the People’s Republic of 
China Military Companies list maintained by the 
Department of Defense, and report to the Secretary 
of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense on any 
findings of such investigations, including findings re-
lated to subsidiaries or other entities controlled by 
such companies, whether or not such subsidiaries or 
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other entities are registered in or operate in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In executing the CCP Initia-
tive’s objectives as set forth in subsection (a), the Attorney 
General, acting through the Assistant Attorney General 
for National Security, shall consult with relevant compo-
nents of the Department of Justice as necessary, and co-
ordinate activities with the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion and any other Federal agency as necessary. 
(c) REQUIREMENT.—Under the CCP Initiative— 
(1) the Initiative shall be separate from and not 
under the authority or discretion of any other De-
partment of Justice initiative dedicated to coun-
tering nation-state threats; and 
(2) all resources used for the CCP Initiative 
shall solely be set aside for the CCP Initiative and 
shall not be combined to support any other Depart-
ment of Justice program, including other programs 
and initiatives dedicated to countering nation-state 
threats. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 
submit annually a written report to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the 
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Judiciary of the House of Representatives, on the progress 
and challenges of the CCP Initiative over the preceding 
year, including— 
(1) its progress in accomplishing the objectives 
set forth in subsection (a); 
(2) the amount and sufficiency of resources 
provided to, and expended by, the CCP Initiative; 
(3) the level and effectiveness of coordination 
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 
Federal agencies; 
(4) the status of efforts by and the financial in-
telligence capabilities of the Chinese Communist 
Party to engage in trade secret theft, hacking, and 
economic espionage; 
(5) an analysis of the use of unmanned aircraft 
and associated elements (including communication 
links and the components that control the unmanned 
aircraft required for the operator to operate safely 
and efficiently in the national airspace system) by 
the CCP; 
(6) the impact of the CCP Initiative on those 
efforts of the Chinese Communist Party; 
(7) the level and effectiveness of coordination 
and information sharing between Government agen-
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cies and private companies about economic espio-
nage threats; and 
(8) an assessment of the economic loss to the 
United States as a result of hacking and trade se-
cret theft by the Chinese Communist Party. 
(e) SUNSET.—This Act shall take effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act and cease to be in effect on the 
date that is 6 years after that date. 
(f) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or 
the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 
of this Act, and the application of the provisions of such 
to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected there-
by. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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