SHIELD Against CCP Act

Bill: 118-hr-9668
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2024-09-18
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Asia

Border security and unlawful immigration

China

Computer security and identity theft

Congressional oversight

Customs enforcement

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government information and archives

Human trafficking

Intellectual property

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Intergovernmental relations

Organized crime

Research and development

Smuggling and trafficking

Terrorism

Transportation safety and security

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act or the SHIELD Against CCP Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a working group to assess and improve efforts to address security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The threats to be addressed are&nbsp;terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats.</p><p>The working group must examine and report on DHS efforts to counter such threats from the CCP and identify gaps in DHS activities to respond to these threats. The working group must account for the DHS resources dedicated to countering such threats,&nbsp;build upon existing evaluations, and avoid unnecessary duplication.&nbsp;The bill requires DHS&nbsp;to provide Congress with annual&nbsp;reports and briefings on the activities of the working group.</p><p>Further, the bill directs DHS to research and develop technologies and techniques for enhancing DHS's security and situational awareness relating to the threats posed by the CCP.</p><p>The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the bill's implementation.</p><p>The bill’s provisions sunset seven years after the date of the working group’s establishment.</p>

tv_txt: IIB 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9668 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 11, 2024 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act or the SHIELD Against CCP Act . 2. Working Group to counter certain threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (a) Establishment (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group (in this section referred to as the Working Group ), which shall carry out the duties specified in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (2) Director (A) Appointment The head of the Working Group shall be a Director (in this section referred to as the Director ), who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (B) Reporting The Director shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding all administrative, operational, and security matters of the Working Group. (3) Staffing The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided with the following: (A) A sufficient number of employees to perform required duties. (B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and regulations. (4) Detailees The Working Group may accept and employ detailees with expertise in countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, or in related fields, from any element of the intelligence community or any other Federal agency the Director determines appropriate, with or without reimbursement, consistent with applicable laws and regulations regarding such employees. (b) Duties The Working Group shall carry out the following: (1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, including efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s— (A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation of the United States immigration system through— (i) identity theft; (ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processes; (iii) unlawful border crossings; (iv) human smuggling; and (v) human trafficking; (B) predatory economic and trade practices, including the trafficking of counterfeit and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, and theft of intellectual property and technology; (C) direct or indirect support for transnational criminal organizations trafficking in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other controlled substances through— (i) the United States border; (ii) international mail shipments; or (iii) express consignment operations; and (D) support for illicit financial activity by Chinese Money Laundering Organizations, including any repatriation to China or any other country of the proceeds derived from the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). (2) Account for the resources of the Department that are dedicated to programs aimed at countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of each such program. (3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other appropriate working groups, committees, commissions, or entities established by the Department related to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and activities of the Department to respond to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination among offices and components of the Department on a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (c) Additional duty relating to information sharing The Working Group shall review, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, information relating to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s own information relating to such threats. The Working Group, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, shall also ensure the dissemination to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, of information related to such threats. (d) Annual assessments (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that assesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party during the immediately preceding 12 months. (2) Contents Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall also include the following: (A) A description of the activities and operations of the Working Group undertaken pursuant to subsection (b). (B) Any other matters the Secretary of Homeland Security determines relevant. (3) Form Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security the unclassified portion of each assessment. (4) Briefing Not later than 30 days after the submission of each assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on such assessment and the progress and challenges of the Working Group. (e) Comptroller General review Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section. (f) Research and development Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to the extent practicable, carry out research and development, including operational testing, of technologies and techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (g) Implementation All activities carried out pursuant to this section— (1) shall be carried out in accordance with applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections; and (2) may not infringe upon the lawful exercise of free speech by United States persons. (h) Sunset The Working Group shall terminate on the date that is seven years after the establishment of the Working Group under subsection (a)(1). (i) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) in the House of Representatives— (i) the Committee on Homeland Security; (ii) the Committee on Ways and Means; (iii) the Committee on Financial Services; (iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and (v) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and (B) in the Senate— (i) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; (ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (iii) the Committee on Finance; (iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and (v) the Committee on Foreign Relations. (2) Fusion center The term fusion center has the meaning given such term in subsection (k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ). (3) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (4) National Network of Fusion Centers The term National Network of Fusion Centers means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance individual State and urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally. (5) United States persons The term United States person has the meaning given such term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(10) ).

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9668 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act or the SHIELD Against CCP Act . 2. Working Group to counter certain threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (a) Establishment (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group (in this section referred to as the Working Group ), which shall carry out the duties specified in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (2) Director (A) Appointment The head of the Working Group shall be a Director (in this section referred to as the Director ), who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (B) Reporting The Director shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding all administrative, operational, and security matters of the Working Group. (3) Staffing The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided with the following: (A) A sufficient number of employees to perform required duties. (B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and regulations. (4) Detailees The Working Group may accept and employ detailees with expertise in countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, or in related fields, from any element of the intelligence community or any other Federal agency the Director determines appropriate, with or without reimbursement, consistent with applicable laws and regulations regarding such employees. (b) Duties The Working Group shall carry out the following: (1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, including efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s— (A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation of the United States immigration system through— (i) identity theft; (ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processes; (iii) unlawful border crossings; (iv) human smuggling; and (v) human trafficking; (B) predatory economic and trade practices, including the trafficking of counterfeit and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, and theft of intellectual property and technology; (C) direct or indirect support for transnational criminal organizations trafficking in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other controlled substances through— (i) the United States border; (ii) international mail shipments; or (iii) express consignment operations; and (D) support for illicit financial activity by Chinese Money Laundering Organizations, including any repatriation to China or any other country of the proceeds derived from the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). (2) Account for the resources of the Department that are dedicated to programs aimed at countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of each such program. (3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other appropriate working groups, committees, commissions, or entities established by the Department related to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and activities of the Department to respond to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination among offices and components of the Department on a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (c) Additional duty relating to information sharing The Working Group shall review, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, information relating to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s own information relating to such threats. The Working Group, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, shall also ensure the dissemination to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, of information related to such threats. (d) Annual assessments (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that assesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party during the immediately preceding 12 months. (2) Contents Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall also include the following: (A) A description of the activities and operations of the Working Group undertaken pursuant to subsection (b). (B) Any other matters the Secretary of Homeland Security determines relevant. (3) Form Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security the unclassified portion of each assessment. (4) Briefing Not later than 30 days after the submission of each assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on such assessment and the progress and challenges of the Working Group. (e) Comptroller General review Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section. (f) Research and development Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to the extent practicable, carry out research and development, including operational testing, of technologies and techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (g) Implementation All activities carried out pursuant to this section— (1) shall be carried out in accordance with applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections; and (2) may not infringe upon the lawful exercise of free speech by United States persons. (h) Sunset The Working Group shall terminate on the date that is seven years after the establishment of the Working Group under subsection (a)(1). (i) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) in the House of Representatives— (i) the Committee on Homeland Security; (ii) the Committee on Ways and Means; (iii) the Committee on Financial Services; (iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and (v) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and (B) in the Senate— (i) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; (ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (iii) the Committee on Finance; (iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and (v) the Committee on Foreign Relations. (2) Fusion center The term fusion center has the meaning given such term in subsection (k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ). (3) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (4) National Network of Fusion Centers The term National Network of Fusion Centers means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance individual State and urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally. (5) United States persons The term United States person has the meaning given such term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(10) ).

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 695 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9668 [Report No. 118–850, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2024 Mr. Strong (for himself and Mr. Suozzi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means , Financial Services , the Judiciary , and Foreign Affairs , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned December 10, 2024 Additional sponsors: Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. D'Esposito , Mr. Green of Tennessee , Mr. Guest , and Mr. Buchanan December 10, 2024 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security December 10, 2024 Committees on Foreign Affairs , Financial Services , Ways and Means , and the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act or the SHIELD Against CCP Act . 2. Working Group to counter certain threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (a) Establishment (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group (in this section referred to as the Working Group ), which shall carry out the duties specified in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (2) Director (A) Appointment The head of the Working Group shall be a Director (in this section referred to as the Director ), who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (B) Reporting The Director shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding all administrative, operational, and security matters of the Working Group. (3) Staffing The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided with the following: (A) A sufficient number of employees to perform required duties. (B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and regulations. (4) Detailees The Working Group may accept and employ detailees with expertise in countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, or in related fields, from any element of the intelligence community or any other Federal agency the Director determines appropriate, with or without reimbursement, consistent with applicable laws and regulations regarding such employees. (b) Duties The Working Group shall carry out the following: (1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, including efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s— (A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation of the United States immigration system through— (i) identity theft; (ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processes; (iii) unlawful border crossings; (iv) human smuggling; and (v) human trafficking; (B) predatory economic and trade practices, including the trafficking of counterfeit and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, money laundering practices, theft of intellectual property and technology, and risks to the critical infrastructure supply chain; (C) malign influence operations and transnational repression targeting United States persons; (D) threats to critical infrastructure; (E) direct or indirect support for transnational criminal organizations trafficking in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other controlled substances through— (i) the United States border; (ii) international mail shipments; or (iii) express consignment operations; (F) the movement of cross-border funds through traditional money laundering practices, third party facilitators, or emerging money laundering techniques, including cryptocurrency; and (G) exploitation of vulnerabilities in the United States export control regime, including the export in violation of law of controlled technologies from the United States. (2) Account for the resources of the Department that are dedicated to programs aimed at countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of each such program. (3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other appropriate working groups, committees, commissions, or entities established by the Department related to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and activities of the Department to respond to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination among offices and components of the Department on a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (c) Additional duty relating to information sharing The Working Group, in accordance with applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections, shall review, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, information relating to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s own information relating to such threats. The Working Group, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, shall also ensure the dissemination to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, of information related to such threats. (d) Annual assessments (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that assesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party during the immediately preceding 12 months. (2) Contents Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall also include the following: (A) A description of the activities and operations of the Working Group undertaken pursuant to subsection (b). (B) Any other matters the Secretary of Homeland Security determines relevant. (3) Form Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security the unclassified portion of each assessment. (4) Briefing Not later than 30 days after the submission of each assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a briefing on such assessment and the progress and challenges of the Working Group. (e) Comptroller General review Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report on the implementation of this section. (f) Research and development Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to the extent practicable, carry out research and development, including operational testing, of technologies and techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, in accordance with applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections. (g) Sunset The Working Group shall terminate on the date that is seven years after the establishment of the Working Group under subsection (a)(1). (h) Definitions In this section: (1) Critical infrastructure The term critical infrastructure has the meaning given such term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) ). (2) Fusion center The term fusion center has the meaning given such term in subsection (k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ). (3) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such tern in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (4) National Network of Fusion Centers The term National Network of Fusion Centers means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance individual State and urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally. (5) United States persons The term United States person has the meaning given such term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(10) ).

December 10, 2024 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security December 10, 2024 Committees on Foreign Affairs , Financial Services , Ways and Means , and the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9668 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2024 Mr. Strong (for himself and Mr. Suozzi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means , Financial Services , the Judiciary , and Foreign Affairs , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act or the SHIELD Against CCP Act . 2. Working Group to counter certain threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (a) Establishment (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group (in this section referred to as the Working Group ), which shall carry out the duties specified in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (2) Director (A) Appointment The head of the Working Group shall be a Director (in this section referred to as the Director ), who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (B) Reporting The Director shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding all administrative, operational, and security matters of the Working Group. (3) Staffing The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided with the following: (A) A sufficient number of employees to perform required duties. (B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and regulations. (4) Detailees The Working Group may accept and employ detailees with expertise in countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, or in related fields, from any element of the intelligence community or any other Federal agency the Director determines appropriate, with or without reimbursement, consistent with applicable laws and regulations regarding such employees. (b) Duties The Working Group shall carry out the following: (1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, including efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s— (A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation of the United States immigration system through— (i) identity theft; (ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processes; (iii) unlawful border crossings; (iv) human smuggling; and (v) human trafficking; (B) predatory economic and trade practices, including the trafficking of counterfeit and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, money laundering practices, theft of intellectual property and technology, and risks to the critical infrastructure supply chain; (C) malign influence operations and transnational repression targeting United States persons; (D) threats to critical infrastructure; (E) direct or indirect support for transnational criminal organizations trafficking in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other controlled substances through— (i) the United States border; (ii) international mail shipments; or (iii) express consignment operations; (F) the movement of cross-border funds through traditional money laundering practices, third party facilitators, or emerging money laundering techniques, including cryptocurrency; and (G) exploitation of vulnerabilities in the United States export control regime, including the export in violation of law of controlled technologies from the United States. (2) Account for the resources of the Department that are dedicated to programs aimed at countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of each such program. (3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other appropriate working groups, committees, commissions, or entities established by the Department related to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and activities of the Department to respond to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination among offices and components of the Department on a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. (c) Additional duty relating to information sharing The Working Group, in accordance with applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections, shall review, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, information relating to terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s own information relating to such threats. The Working Group, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, shall also ensure the dissemination to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the National Network of Fusion Centers, of information related to such threats. (d) Annual assessments (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that assesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party during the immediately preceding 12 months. (2) Contents Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall also include the following: (A) A description of the activities and operations of the Working Group undertaken pursuant to subsection (b). (B) Any other matters the Secretary of Homeland Security determines relevant. (3) Form Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security the unclassified portion of each assessment. (4) Briefing Not later than 30 days after the submission of each assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a briefing on such assessment and the progress and challenges of the Working Group. (e) Comptroller General review Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report on the implementation of this section. (f) Research and development Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to the extent practicable, carry out research and development, including operational testing, of technologies and techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, in accordance with applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections. (g) Sunset The Working Group shall terminate on the date that is seven years after the establishment of the Working Group under subsection (a)(1). (h) Definitions In this section: (1) Critical infrastructure The term critical infrastructure has the meaning given such term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) ). (2) Fusion center The term fusion center has the meaning given such term in subsection (k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ). (3) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such tern in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (4) National Network of Fusion Centers The term National Network of Fusion Centers means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance individual State and urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally. (5) United States persons The term United States person has the meaning given such term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(10) ).