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12 119THCONGRESS
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34 STSESSION H. R. 708
4-AN ACT
5+To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group
6+relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security,
7+and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the
8+Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
9+IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10+JANUARY23, 2025
11+Mr. S
12+TRONG(for himself, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. GREEN
13+of Tennessee, Mr. G
14+UEST, Mr. LUTTRELL, and Mr. EVANSof Colorado)
15+introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
16+Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and
17+Means, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
18+quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
19+provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
20+A BILL
521 To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a
622 working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecu-
723 rity, border and port security, and transportation secu-
824 rity threats posed to the United States by the Chinese
925 Communist Party, and for other purposes.
1026 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
12-•HR 708 EH
13-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Homeland 2
15-Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend 3
16-Against the CCP Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Against CCP 4
17-Act’’. 5
18-SEC. 2. WORKING GROUP TO COUNTER CERTAIN THREATS 6
19-POSED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CHI-7
20-NESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 8
27+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
28+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
29+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Homeland 4
30+Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend 5
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34+Against the CCP Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Against CCP 1
35+Act’’. 2
36+SEC. 2. WORKING GROUP TO COUNTER CERTAIN THREATS 3
37+POSED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CHI-4
38+NESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 5
2139 (a) E
22-STABLISHMENT.— 9
23-(1) I
24-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 10
25-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-11
26-retary of Homeland Security shall establish in the 12
27-Department of Homeland Security a working group 13
28-(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Working 14
29-Group’’), which shall carry out the duties specified 15
30-in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cy-16
31-bersecurity, border and port security, and transpor-17
32-tation security threats posed to the United States by 18
33-the Chinese Communist Party. 19
34-(2) D
35-IRECTOR.— 20
36-(A) A
37-PPOINTMENT.—The head of the 21
38-Working Group shall be a Director (in this sec-22
39-tion referred to as the ‘‘Director’’), who shall be 23
40-appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-24
41-rity. 25 3
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43-(B) REPORTING.—The Director shall re-1
44-port to the Secretary of Homeland Security re-2
45-garding all administrative, operational, and se-3
46-curity matters of the Working Group. 4
47-(3) S
48-TAFFING.—The Secretary of Homeland 5
49-Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided 6
50-with the following: 7
51-(A) A sufficient number of employees to 8
52-perform required duties. 9
53-(B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated 10
54-to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and 11
55-regulations. 12
56-(4) D
57-ETAILEES.—The Working Group may ac-13
58-cept and employ detailees with expertise in coun-14
59-tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-15
60-rity, and transportation security threats posed by 16
61-the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, 17
62-or in related fields, from any element of the intel-18
63-ligence community or any other Federal agency the 19
64-Director determines appropriate, with or without re-20
65-imbursement, consistent with applicable laws and 21
66-regulations regarding such employees. 22
67-(b) D
68-UTIES.—The Working Group shall carry out the 23
69-following: 24 4
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71-(1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by 1
72-the Department of Homeland Security to counter 2
73-terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, 3
74-and transportation security threats posed to the 4
75-United States by the Chinese Communist Party, in-5
76-cluding efforts to counter the Chinese Communist 6
77-Party’s— 7
78-(A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation 8
79-of the United States immigration system 9
80-through— 10
81-(i) identity theft; 11
82-(ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant 12
83-visa processes; 13
84-(iii) unlawful border crossings; 14
85-(iv) human smuggling; and 15
86-(v) human trafficking; 16
87-(B) predatory economic and trade prac-17
88-tices, including the trafficking of counterfeit 18
89-and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor 19
90-exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, 20
91-and theft of intellectual property and tech-21
92-nology; 22
93-(C) direct or indirect support for 23
94-transnational criminal organizations trafficking 24 5
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96-in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other con-1
97-trolled substances through— 2
98-(i) the United States border; 3
99-(ii) international mail shipments; or 4
100-(iii) express consignment operations; 5
101-and 6
102-(D) support for illicit financial activity by 7
103-Chinese Money Laundering Organizations, in-8
104-cluding any repatriation to China or any other 9
105-country of the proceeds derived from the activi-10
106-ties described in subparagraphs (A) through 11
107-(C). 12
108-(2) Account for the resources of the Depart-13
109-ment that are dedicated to programs aimed at coun-14
110-tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-15
111-rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 16
112-United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and 17
113-any supporting information as to the efficacy of each 18
114-such program. 19
115-(3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations 20
116-and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the 21
117-findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other 22
118-appropriate working groups, committees, commis-23
119-sions, or entities established by the Department re-24
120-lated to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, 25 6
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122-border and port security, and transportation security 1
123-threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 2
124-Communist Party. 3
125-(4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and ac-4
126-tivities of the Department to respond to terrorist, 5
127-cybersecurity, border and port security, and trans-6
128-portation security threats posed to the United States 7
129-by the Chinese Communist Party. 8
130-(5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination 9
131-among offices and components of the Department on 10
132-a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecu-11
133-rity, border and port security, and transportation se-12
134-curity threats posed to the United States by the Chi-13
135-nese Communist Party. 14
136-(c) A
137-DDITIONALDUTYRELATING TOINFORMATION 15
138-S
139-HARING.—The Working Group shall review, in coordina-16
140-tion with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De-17
141-partment of Homeland Security, information relating to 18
142-terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and 19
143-transportation security threats posed to the United States 20
144-by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Fed-21
145-eral, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the 22
146-National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such 23
147-information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s 24
148-own information relating to such threats. The Working 25 7
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150-Group, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and 1
151-Analysis, shall also ensure the dissemination to Federal, 2
152-State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the Na-3
153-tional Network of Fusion Centers, of information related 4
154-to such threats. 5
155-(d) A
156-NNUALASSESSMENTS.— 6
40+STABLISHMENT.— 6
15741 (1) I
15842 N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 7
159-after the date of the enactment of this section and 8
160-annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of 9
161-Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under 10
162-Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the De-11
163-partment of Homeland Security, the Director of the 12
164-Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of 13
165-National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro-14
166-priate congressional committees a report that as-15
167-sesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-16
168-rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 17
169-United States by the Chinese Communist Party dur-18
170-ing the immediately preceding 12 months. 19
43+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-8
44+retary of Homeland Security shall establish in the 9
45+Department of Homeland Security a working group 10
46+(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Working 11
47+Group’’), which shall carry out the duties specified 12
48+in subsection (b) relating to countering terrorist, cy-13
49+bersecurity, border and port security, and transpor-14
50+tation security threats posed to the United States by 15
51+the Chinese Communist Party. 16
52+(2) D
53+IRECTOR.— 17
54+(A) A
55+PPOINTMENT.—The head of the 18
56+Working Group shall be a Director (in this sec-19
57+tion referred to as the ‘‘Director’’), who shall be 20
58+appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-21
59+rity. 22
60+(B) R
61+EPORTING.—The Director shall re-23
62+port to the Secretary of Homeland Security re-24
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66+garding all administrative, operational, and se-1
67+curity matters of the Working Group. 2
68+(3) S
69+TAFFING.—The Secretary of Homeland 3
70+Security shall ensure the Working Group is provided 4
71+with the following: 5
72+(A) A sufficient number of employees to 6
73+perform required duties. 7
74+(B) Not fewer than one employee dedicated 8
75+to ensuring compliance with privacy laws and 9
76+regulations. 10
77+(4) D
78+ETAILEES.—The Working Group may ac-11
79+cept and employ detailees with expertise in coun-12
80+tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-13
81+rity, and transportation security threats posed by 14
82+the Chinese Communist Party to the United States, 15
83+or in related fields, from any element of the intel-16
84+ligence community or any other Federal agency the 17
85+Director determines appropriate, with or without re-18
86+imbursement, consistent with applicable laws and 19
87+regulations regarding such employees. 20
88+(b) D
89+UTIES.—The Working Group shall carry out the 21
90+following: 22
91+(1) Examine, assess, and report upon efforts by 23
92+the Department of Homeland Security to counter 24
93+terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, 25
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97+and transportation security threats posed to the 1
98+United States by the Chinese Communist Party, in-2
99+cluding efforts to counter the Chinese Communist 3
100+Party’s— 4
101+(A) nontraditional tactics and exploitation 5
102+of the United States immigration system 6
103+through— 7
104+(i) identity theft; 8
105+(ii) the immigrant and nonimmigrant 9
106+visa processes; 10
107+(iii) unlawful border crossings; 11
108+(iv) human smuggling; and 12
109+(v) human trafficking; 13
110+(B) predatory economic and trade prac-14
111+tices, including the trafficking of counterfeit 15
112+and pirated goods, the use of forced labor, labor 16
113+exploitation for financial gain, customs fraud, 17
114+and theft of intellectual property and tech-18
115+nology; 19
116+(C) direct or indirect support for 20
117+transnational criminal organizations trafficking 21
118+in fentanyl, illicit drug precursors, or other con-22
119+trolled substances through— 23
120+(i) the United States border; 24
121+(ii) international mail shipments; or 25
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125+(iii) express consignment operations; 1
126+and 2
127+(D) support for illicit financial activity by 3
128+Chinese Money Laundering Organizations, in-4
129+cluding any repatriation to China or any other 5
130+country of the proceeds derived from the activi-6
131+ties described in subparagraphs (A) through 7
132+(C). 8
133+(2) Account for the resources of the Depart-9
134+ment that are dedicated to programs aimed at coun-10
135+tering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-11
136+rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 12
137+United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and 13
138+any supporting information as to the efficacy of each 14
139+such program. 15
140+(3) Build upon existing or ongoing evaluations 16
141+and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the 17
142+findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other 18
143+appropriate working groups, committees, commis-19
144+sions, or entities established by the Department re-20
145+lated to efforts to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, 21
146+border and port security, and transportation security 22
147+threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 23
148+Communist Party. 24
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152+(4) Identify gaps in policies, processes, and ac-1
153+tivities of the Department to respond to terrorist, 2
154+cybersecurity, border and port security, and trans-3
155+portation security threats posed to the United States 4
156+by the Chinese Communist Party. 5
157+(5) Facilitate cooperation and coordination 6
158+among offices and components of the Department on 7
159+a holistic response to countering terrorist, cybersecu-8
160+rity, border and port security, and transportation se-9
161+curity threats posed to the United States by the Chi-10
162+nese Communist Party. 11
163+(c) A
164+DDITIONALDUTYRELATING TOINFORMATION 12
165+S
166+HARING.—The Working Group shall review, in coordina-13
167+tion with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De-14
168+partment of Homeland Security, information relating to 15
169+terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and 16
170+transportation security threats posed to the United States 17
171+by the Chinese Communist Party that is gathered by Fed-18
172+eral, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners, and the 19
173+National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such 20
174+information, as appropriate, into the Working Group’s 21
175+own information relating to such threats. The Working 22
176+Group, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and 23
177+Analysis, shall also ensure the dissemination to Federal, 24
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182+tional Network of Fusion Centers, of information related 1
183+to such threats. 2
184+(d) A
185+NNUALASSESSMENTS.— 3
186+(1) I
187+N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 4
188+after the date of the enactment of this section and 5
189+annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of 6
190+Homeland Security, in coordination with the Under 7
191+Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the De-8
192+partment of Homeland Security, the Director of the 9
193+Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of 10
194+National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro-11
195+priate congressional committees a report that as-12
196+sesses terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port secu-13
197+rity, and transportation security threats posed to the 14
198+United States by the Chinese Communist Party dur-15
199+ing the immediately preceding 12 months. 16
171200 (2) C
172-ONTENTS.—Each assessment under para-20
173-graph (1) shall also include the following: 21
174-(A) A description of the activities and op-22
175-erations of the Working Group undertaken pur-23
176-suant to subsection (b). 24 8
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178-(B) Any other matters the Secretary of 1
179-Homeland Security determines relevant. 2
201+ONTENTS.—Each assessment under para-17
202+graph (1) shall also include the following: 18
203+(A) A description of the activities and op-19
204+erations of the Working Group undertaken pur-20
205+suant to subsection (b). 21
206+(B) Any other matters the Secretary of 22
207+Homeland Security determines relevant. 23
180208 (3) F
181-ORM.—Each assessment under paragraph 3
182-(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 4
183-include a classified annex. The Secretary of Home-5
184-land Security shall post on a publicly available 6
185-website of the Department of Homeland Security the 7
186-unclassified portion of each assessment. 8
209+ORM.—Each assessment under paragraph 24
210+(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 25
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214+include a classified annex. The Secretary of Home-1
215+land Security shall post on a publicly available 2
216+website of the Department of Homeland Security the 3
217+unclassified portion of each assessment. 4
187218 (4) B
188-RIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after 9
189-the submission of each assessment under paragraph 10
190-(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall pro-11
191-vide to the appropriate congressional committees a 12
192-briefing on such assessment and the progress and 13
193-challenges of the Working Group. 14
219+RIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after 5
220+the submission of each assessment under paragraph 6
221+(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall pro-7
222+vide to the appropriate congressional committees a 8
223+briefing on such assessment and the progress and 9
224+challenges of the Working Group. 10
194225 (e) C
195-OMPTROLLER GENERALREVIEW.—Not later 15
196-than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 16
197-the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 17
198-to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 18
199-the implementation of this section. 19
226+OMPTROLLER GENERALREVIEW.—Not later 11
227+than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 12
228+the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 13
229+to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 14
230+the implementation of this section. 15
200231 (f) R
201-ESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 20
202-one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 21
203-Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 22
204-Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-23
205-nology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to 24
206-the extent practicable, carry out research and develop-25 9
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208-ment, including operational testing, of technologies and 1
209-techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and 2
210-situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cy-3
211-bersecurity, border and port security, and transportation 4
212-security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 5
213-Communist Party. 6
232+ESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 16
233+one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 17
234+Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 18
235+Director and the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-19
236+nology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall, to 20
237+the extent practicable, carry out research and develop-21
238+ment, including operational testing, of technologies and 22
239+techniques for enhancing the Department’s security and 23
240+situational awareness relating to countering terrorist, cy-24
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245+security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese 1
246+Communist Party. 2
214247 (g) I
215-MPLEMENTATION.—All activities carried out 7
216-pursuant to this section— 8
217-(1) shall be carried out in accordance with ap-9
218-plicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil 10
219-liberties protections; and 11
220-(2) may not infringe upon the lawful exercise of 12
221-free speech by United States persons. 13
248+MPLEMENTATION.—All activities carried out 3
249+pursuant to this section— 4
250+(1) shall be carried out in accordance with ap-5
251+plicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil 6
252+liberties protections; and 7
253+(2) may not infringe upon the lawful exercise of 8
254+free speech by United States persons. 9
222255 (h) S
223-UNSET.—The Working Group shall terminate on 14
224-the date that is seven years after the establishment of the 15
225-Working Group under subsection (a)(1). 16
256+UNSET.—The Working Group shall terminate on 10
257+the date that is seven years after the establishment of the 11
258+Working Group under subsection (a)(1). 12
226259 (i) D
227-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
260+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
228261 (1) A
229-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -18
230-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-19
231-mittees’’ means— 20
232-(A) in the House of Representatives— 21
233-(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-22
234-rity; 23
235-(ii) the Committee on Ways and 24
236-Means; 25 10
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238-(iii) the Committee on Financial Serv-1
239-ices; 2
240-(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 3
241-and 4
242-(v) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 5
243-and 6
244-(B) in the Senate— 7
245-(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-8
246-rity and Governmental Affairs; 9
247-(ii) the Committee on Banking, Hous-10
248-ing, and Urban Affairs; 11
249-(iii) the Committee on Finance; 12
250-(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 13
251-and 14
252-(v) the Committee on Foreign Rela-15
253-tions. 16
262+PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -14
263+TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-15
264+mittees’’ means— 16
265+(A) in the House of Representatives— 17
266+(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-18
267+rity; 19
268+(ii) the Committee on Ways and 20
269+Means; 21
270+(iii) the Committee on Financial Serv-22
271+ices; 23
272+(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 24
273+and 25
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277+(v) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 1
278+and 2
279+(B) in the Senate— 3
280+(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-4
281+rity and Governmental Affairs; 5
282+(ii) the Committee on Banking, Hous-6
283+ing, and Urban Affairs; 7
284+(iii) the Committee on Finance; 8
285+(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 9
286+and 10
287+(v) the Committee on Foreign Rela-11
288+tions. 12
254289 (2) F
255-USION CENTER.—The term ‘‘fusion cen-17
256-ter’’ has the meaning given such term in subsection 18
257-(k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act 19
258-of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h). 20
290+USION CENTER.—The term ‘‘fusion cen-13
291+ter’’ has the meaning given such term in subsection 14
292+(k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act 15
293+of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h). 16
259294 (3) I
260-NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term 21
261-‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 22
262-such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 23
263-Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 24 11
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265-(4) NATIONAL NETWORK OF FUSION CEN -1
266-TERS.—The term ‘‘National Network of Fusion Cen-2
267-ters’’ means a decentralized arrangement of fusion 3
268-centers intended to enhance individual State and 4
269-urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the ca-5
270-pabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for 6
271-the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland se-7
272-curity information sharing nationally. 8
295+NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term 17
296+‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 18
297+such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 19
298+Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 20
299+(4) N
300+ATIONAL NETWORK OF FUSION CEN -21
301+TERS.—The term ‘‘National Network of Fusion Cen-22
302+ters’’ means a decentralized arrangement of fusion 23
303+centers intended to enhance individual State and 24
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308+pabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for 1
309+the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland se-2
310+curity information sharing nationally. 3
273311 (5) U
274-NITED STATES PERSONS .—The term 9
275-‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given such 10
276-term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 11
277-Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au-12
278-thorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 13
279-1708(d)(10)). 14
280-Passed the House of Representatives March 10,
281-2025.
282-Attest:
283-Clerk. 119
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285-CONGRESS
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289-ESSION
290-
291-H. R. 708
292-AN ACT
293-To establish in the Department of Homeland Secu-
294-rity a working group relating to countering ter-
295-rorist, cybersecurity, border and port security,
296-and transportation security threats posed to the
297-United States by the Chinese Communist Party,
298-and for other purposes.
312+NITED STATES PERSONS .—The term 4
313+‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given such 5
314+term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 6
315+Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au-7
316+thorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 8
317+1708(d)(10)). 9
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