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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 110 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Prohibiting the distribution of Chinese Communist Party-controlled |
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| 6 | 6 | | publications within House facilities, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AMADEHof Arizona (for himself, Mr. OWENS, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | W |
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| 12 | 12 | | EBERof Texas, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. BURLISON, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | H |
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| 14 | 14 | | ARIDOPOLOS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WILSON |
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| 15 | 15 | | of South Carolina, Mr. S |
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| 16 | 16 | | TEUBE, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. SCHMIDT) submitted |
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| 17 | 17 | | the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House |
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| 18 | 18 | | Administration |
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| 19 | 19 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 20 | 20 | | Prohibiting the distribution of Chinese Communist Party- |
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| 21 | 21 | | controlled publications within House facilities, and for |
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| 22 | 22 | | other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Representatives currently facilitates the distribution of |
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| 25 | 25 | | certain foreign publications within House Office Build- |
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| 26 | 26 | | ings; |
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| 27 | 27 | | Whereas China Daily is registered as a foreign agent under |
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| 28 | 28 | | the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 and oper- |
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| 29 | 29 | | ates as a direct propaganda outlet of the Chinese Com- |
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| 30 | 30 | | munist Party’s Publicity Department; |
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| 33 | 33 | | •HRES 110 IH |
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| 34 | 34 | | Whereas the distribution of foreign propaganda materials |
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| 35 | 35 | | within the House of Representatives undermines institu- |
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| 36 | 36 | | tional integrity and enables malign foreign influence op- |
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| 37 | 37 | | erations; |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas the presence of Chinese Communist Party-controlled |
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| 39 | 39 | | publications in official House facilities legitimizes foreign |
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| 40 | 40 | | propaganda efforts; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas the House of Representatives has a compelling in- |
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| 42 | 42 | | terest in protecting its facilities and operations from for- |
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| 43 | 43 | | eign influence campaigns: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 44 | 44 | | Resolved, 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF CCP-CON-2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | TROLLED PUBLICATIONS. 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) I |
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| 48 | 48 | | NGENERAL.—The Chief Administrative Officer 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of the House of Representatives shall— 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) immediately cease accepting or distributing 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | China Daily and other Chinese Communist Party- 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | controlled publications within the House wing of the 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | United States Capitol, any House Office Buildings, 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | or any other facility owned and operated by the 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | House; 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) prohibit the use of internal House mail sys-12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | tems for delivery of such publications; and 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) notify all relevant House offices of this pol-14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | icy change. 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (b) R |
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| 61 | 61 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-16 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tion may be construed to restrict or prohibit— 17 |
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| 65 | 65 | | •HRES 110 IH |
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| 66 | 66 | | (1) the private receipt of publications by Mem-1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | bers or employees of the House; 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) access to such publications through public 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | or research facilities; or 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (3) the collection of such publications by the Li-5 |
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| 71 | 71 | | brary of Congress. 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (c) C |
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| 73 | 73 | | HINESECOMMUNISTPARTY-CONTROLLEDPUB-7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | LICATIONDEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Chinese 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Communist Party-controlled publication’’ means any pub-9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | lication that— 10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (1) is required to register under the Foreign 11 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Agents Registration Act of 1938; and 12 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) is owned, controlled, or directed by the Chi-13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | nese Communist Party or its affiliates. 14 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (d) E |
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| 82 | 82 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The requirements under this 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | section shall take effect immediately upon the adoption of 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | this resolution. 17 |
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