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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2565 
To implement the recommendations of the U.S.–China Economic and Security 
Review Commission, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, the 
Judiciary, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To implement the recommendations of the U.S.–China Eco-
nomic and Security Review Commission, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S.–China Economic 
and Security Review Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABILI-
TIES RELATED TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA. 
Section 3603 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet of 
Things’ means physical devices embedded with sensors 
that can collect data and connect to each other and the 
broader internet. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, and not less frequently than 
annually thereafter, the Chief Information Officers Coun-
cil shall submit to Congress a report on supply chain 
vulnerabilities related to the People’s Republic of China 
that includes the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the supply chain risk 
posed by the People’s Republic of China to each 
Federal agency. 
‘‘(B) A description of how each Federal agency 
is mitigating the supply chain risk posed by the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of the existing procurement 
and security policies and guidance of each Federal 
agency with respect to cybersecurity, operations se-
curity, physical security, information security, and 
data security that may affect information and com-
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munications technology, fifth generation mobile net-
works (commonly known as ‘5G networks’), and the 
Internet of Things, that describes the following: 
‘‘(i) Areas for which new policies and guid-
ance may be needed, including for specific in-
formation and communications technology, 5G 
networks, and the Internet of Things, including 
applications or procedures related to the Inter-
net of Things. 
‘‘(ii) Areas for which existing security poli-
cies and guidance can be updated to address 
vulnerabilities with respect to supply chain se-
curity, cybersecurity, operations security, phys-
ical security, information security, and data se-
curity.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON WTO PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
Representative shall submit to Congress a report assessing 
whether it is in the national interests of the United States 
to file, in coordination with allies and partners of the 
United States, a complaint against the People’s Republic 
of China at the World Trade Organization under section 
1 of Article XXIII of GATT 1994 alleging that the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China has— 
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(1) nullified or impaired a benefit accruing to 
the United States under the WTO Agreement with-
out violating that Agreement; and 
(2) committed other specific violations of com-
mitments under that Agreement. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘GATT 
1994’’ and ‘‘WTO Agreement’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON INTIMIDATION OF UNITED STATES 
RESIDENTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 
Congress a report explaining whether, and if so, how, the 
Department of Justice is utilizing Federal criminal law, 
including section 241 of title 18, United States Code (re-
lating to conspiracy against rights), to prosecute affiliates 
of the Chinese Communist Party who threaten, coerce, or 
otherwise intimidate United States residents. 
SEC. 5. CLEAR LABELING FOR INFORMATIONAL MATE-
RIALS DISTRIBUTED ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN 
PRINCIPALS. 
Section 4(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 614(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Informational materials which are re-
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quired to be labeled under this subsection and which are 
in the form of prints shall be marked or stamped conspicu-
ously at the top of the first page of such materials with 
a statement in the language or languages used therein, 
setting forth such information as is required under this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON ACCESS 
AND BASING FACILITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a National Intel-
ligence Estimate on the access and basing facilities of the 
People’s Republic of China. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The National Intelligence Estimate 
submitted under subsection (a) shall include a description 
of the effect of existing and potential access and basing 
facilities of the People’s Republic of China along the Silk 
Road Economic Belt and the New Maritime Silk Road on 
the following: 
(1) Freedom of navigation and sea control, in 
peacetime and during periods of conflict. 
(2) The regional political and security interests 
of the United States and allies of the United States. 
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(c) FORM.—The National Intelligence Estimate sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORT ON INFLUENCE AND PROPA-
GANDA ACTIVITIES OF THE CHINESE COM-
MUNIST PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IX of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
306) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 905. ANNUAL REPORT ON INFLUENCE AND PROPA-
GANDA ACTIVITIES OF THE CHINESE COM-
MUNIST PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Di-
rector of the National Counterintelligence and Security 
Center shall submit to Congress a report on the influence 
and propaganda activities of the Chinese Communist 
Party in the United States. 
‘‘(b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–306) is amended by 
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inserting after the item relating to section 904 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 905. Annual report on influence and propaganda activities of the Chinese 
Communist Party in the United States.’’. 
SEC. 8. REPORT ON THE CHINA COAST GUARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the China Coast Guard (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘CCG’’). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include an assessment of the following: 
(1) How the change in the command structure 
of the CCG affects the status of the CCG as a law 
enforcement entity considering that the CCG now re-
ports to the Central Military Commission. 
(2) The implications of the new command 
structure of the CCG with respect to the use of the 
CCG as a coercive tool in ‘‘gray zone’’ activity in the 
East China Sea and the South China Sea. 
(3) How the change in the command structure 
of the CCG may affect interactions between the 
United States Navy and the United States Coast 
Guard and the China Coast Guard. 
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(4) Whether the China Coast Guard should be 
designated as a military force by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(c) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 9. REPORT ON STEPS TO PROTECT 5G NETWORKS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Communications and Information and the Federal 
Communications Commission shall jointly submit to Con-
gress a report that includes the following: 
(1) The steps required to ensure the rapid and 
secure deployment of fifth generation mobile net-
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works (commonly known as ‘‘5G networks’’), with a 
particular focus on the threat posed by equipment 
and services designed or manufactured in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(2) How the executive branch agencies are im-
plementing the steps described in paragraph (1). 
(3) Any new statutory authorities that may be 
required to ensure the security of domestic 5G net-
works. 
SEC. 10. GAO REPORT ON UNITED STATES–CHINA TECH-
NICAL COOPERATION. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct an assessment of 
collaborative initiatives between the United States 
and the People’s Republic of China relating to tech-
nical cooperation. 
(2) DUTIES.—In carrying out the assessment 
required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 
shall— 
(A) describe the nature of technical co-
operation between the United States and the 
People’s Republic of China, including funding, 
participation, and reporting on the outcomes; 
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(B) detail the licensing and regulatory re-
gime under which collaborative initiatives de-
scribed in paragraph (1) occur; 
(C) consider whether the intellectual prop-
erty rights of researchers and entities of the 
United States are being adequately protected; 
(D) examine whether state-owned enter-
prises or the military of the People’s Republic 
of China are benefitting from research funded 
by the taxpayers of the United States; 
(E) investigate if any researchers of the 
People’s Republic of China participating in col-
laborative initiatives described in paragraph (1) 
have ties to the Government or the military of 
the People’s Republic of China; 
(F) investigate if any institutions of higher 
education, laboratories, or other entities of the 
United States participating in collaboration led 
by the Government of the United States with 
the People’s Republic of China have been sub-
ject to cyber penetration originating in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; 
(G) evaluate the benefits of the collabora-
tion for the United States; and 
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(H) examine redundancies, if any, among 
various government-led collaborative programs 
between the United States and the People’s Re-
public of China, and make suggestions for im-
proving technical collaboration. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to Congress a report on the 
assessment required by subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 11. REPORT ON CHINESE ENFORCEMENT OF SANC-
TIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on the current 
state of the enforcement by the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China of sanctions imposed by the United 
Nations with respect to the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea. 
(b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but shall in-
clude a classified annex that includes the following: 
(1) A list of financial institutions, other enti-
ties, and officials of the People’s Republic of China 
for which sanctions may be imposed with respect to 
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
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(2) Whether the Government of the United 
States has imposed sanctions with respect to any in-
stitution, entity, or official described paragraph (1) 
and, if so, an identification of such institution, enti-
ty, or official. 
(3) Whether any foreign country has imposed 
sanctions with respect to any institution, entity, or 
official described in paragraph (1) and, if so, an 
identification of such institution, entity, or official. 
SEC. 12. REPORT ON TRADE-DISTORTING PRACTICES OF 
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An identification of the trade-distorting 
practices of the state-owned enterprises of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(2) A description of how the Office of the 
United States Trade Representative is counteracting 
the anticompetitive impact of the practices described 
in paragraph (1). 
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