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4	4	STSESSION S. 672
5	5	To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	FEBRUARY20, 2025
8	8	Mr. S
9	9	COTTof Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
10	10	referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
11	11	A BILL
12	12	To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other
13	13	purposes.
14	14	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
15	15	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
16	16	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
17	17	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect America’s In-4
18	18	novation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2025’’. 5
19	19	SEC. 2. CCP INITIATIVE. 6
20	20	(a) E
21	21	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 7
22	22	National Security Division of the Department of Justice 8
23	23	the CCP Initiative to— 9
24	24	(1) counter nation-state threats to the United 10
25	25	States; 11
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29	29	(2) curb spying by the Chinese Communist 1
30	30	Party on United States intellectual property and 2
31	31	academic institutions in the United States; 3
32	32	(3) develop an enforcement strategy concerning 4
33	33	nontraditional collectors, including researchers in 5
34	34	labs, universities, and the defense industrial base, 6
35	35	that are being used to transfer technology contrary 7
36	36	to United States interests; 8
37	37	(4) implement the amendments to the authori-9
38	38	ties of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 10
39	39	United States under section 721 of the Defense Pro-11
40	40	duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565) made by the 12
41	41	Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act 13
42	42	of 2018 (subtitle A of title XVII of Public Law 115– 14
43	43	232; 50 U.S.C. 4565 note) for the Department of 15
44	44	Justice, including by working with the Department 16
45	45	of the Treasury to develop regulations to implement 17
46	46	those amendments; 18
47	47	(5) identify cases under the Foreign Corrupt 19
48	48	Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–213; 91 Stat. 20
49	49	1494) involving Chinese companies that compete 21
50	50	with United States businesses; 22
51	51	(6) prioritize— 23
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55	55	(A) identifying and prosecuting those en-1
56	56	gaged in trade secret theft, hacking, and eco-2
57	57	nomic espionage; 3
58	58	(B) protecting the critical infrastructure in 4
59	59	the United States against external threats 5
60	60	through foreign direct investment and supply 6
61	61	chain compromises; and 7
62	62	(C) identifying Chinese Communist Party 8
63	63	theft of intellectual property from small busi-9
64	64	nesses; and 10
65	65	(7) investigate investments made by Chinese 11
66	66	companies included on the Entity List maintained 12
67	67	by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the De-13
68	68	partment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 14
69	69	No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regu-15
70	70	lations, or identified by the Secretary of Defense 16
71	71	under section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) 17
72	72	Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 18
73	73	Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 19
74	74	113 note) as a Chinese military company operating 20
75	75	directly or indirectly in the United States and report 21
76	76	to the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of 22
77	77	Defense, as appropriate, on any findings of such in-23
78	78	vestigations, including findings related to subsidi-24
79	79	aries or other entities controlled by such companies, 25
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83	83	whether or not such subsidiaries or other entities are 1
84	84	registered in or operate in the People’s Republic of 2
85	85	China. 3
86	86	(b) C
87	87	ONSULTATION.—In executing the CCP Initia-4
88	88	tive’s objectives as set forth in subsection (a), the Attorney 5
89	89	General, acting through the Assistant Attorney General 6
90	90	for National Security, shall consult with relevant compo-7
91	91	nents of the Department of Justice as necessary, and co-8
92	92	ordinate activities with the Federal Bureau of Investiga-9
93	93	tion and any other Federal agency as necessary. 10
94	94	(c) R
95	95	EQUIREMENT.—Under the CCP Initiative— 11
96	96	(1) the Initiative shall be separate from and not 12
97	97	under the authority or discretion of any other De-13
98	98	partment of Justice initiative dedicated to coun-14
99	99	tering nation-state threats; and 15
100	100	(2) all resources used for the CCP Initiative 16
101	101	shall solely be set aside for the CCP Initiative and 17
102	102	shall not be combined to support any other Depart-18
103	103	ment of Justice program, including other programs 19
104	104	and initiatives dedicated to countering nation-state 20
105	105	threats. 21
106	106	(d) A
107	107	NNUALREPORT.—The Attorney General shall 22
108	108	submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-23
109	109	ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 24
110	110	the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and 25
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114	114	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-1
115	115	resentatives on the progress and challenges of the CCP 2
116	116	Initiative over the preceding year, including— 3
117	117	(1) its progress in accomplishing the objectives 4
118	118	set forth in subsection (a); 5
119	119	(2) the amount and sufficiency of resources 6
120	120	provided to, and expended by, the CCP Initiative; 7
121	121	(3) the level and effectiveness of coordination 8
122	122	with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 9
123	123	Federal agencies; 10
124	124	(4) the status of efforts by and the financial in-11
125	125	telligence capabilities of the Chinese Communist 12
126	126	Party to engage in trade secret theft, hacking, and 13
127	127	economic espionage; 14
128	128	(5) an analysis of the use of unmanned aircraft 15
129	129	and associated elements (including communication 16
130	130	links and the components that control the unmanned 17
131	131	aircraft required for the operator to operate safely 18
132	132	and efficiently in the national airspace system) by 19
133	133	the Chinese Communist Party; 20
134	134	(6) the impact of the CCP Initiative on those 21
135	135	efforts of the Chinese Communist Party; 22
136	136	(7) the level and effectiveness of coordination 23
137	137	and information sharing between Federal agencies 24
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141	141	and private companies about economic espionage 1
142	142	threats; and 2
143	143	(8) an assessment of the economic loss to the 3
144	144	United States as a result of hacking and trade se-4
145	145	cret theft by the Chinese Communist Party. 5
146	146	(e) S
147	147	UNSET.—This Act shall cease to be in effect on 6
148	148	the date that is 6 years after the date of enactment of 7
149	149	this Act. 8
150	150	(f) S
151	151	EVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or 9
152	152	the application of such provision to any person or cir-10
153	153	cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 11
154	154	of this Act, and the application of the provisions of such 12
155	155	to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected there-13
156	156	by. 14
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