,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #b1 #bjbj,ms4  
,kendra ,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma 7for     
herself1 ,mrs4 ,murphy of ,florida1 ,mr4
 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1
 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4 ,mc,adams1 ,mr4       
,correa1 ,mr4 ,golden1 ,mr4 ,brindisi1  
,mr4 ,crist1 and ,mr4 ,cunningham7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,permanent ,select     
,committee on ,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  
,to direct the ,director of ,national   
,intelligence to submit to ,congress a  
report on efforts by the ,people's      
,republic of ,china to exploit the      
,,covid-#ai pandemic to advance the     
national security and foreign policy    
interests of ,china4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,preventing ,china from ,exploiting     
,,covid-#ai ,act4  #b4 ,report on       
efforts by ,china to exploit ,,covid-#ai
 pandemic to advance national security  
and foreign policy interests of ,china  

7a7 ,report ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director of ,national        
,intelligence1 in coordination with the 
,secretary of ,state1 the ,secretary of 
,defense1 and the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security1 shall submit to the
 appropriate congressional committees1  
and make publicly available on the      
internet website of the ,director1 a    
report on efforts by the ,people's      
,republic of ,china to exploit the      
,,covid-#ai pandemic to advance the     
national security and foreign policy    
interests of ,china in ways that        
undermine the interests of the ,united  
,states1 allies and partners of the     
,united ,states1 and the rules-based    
international order4  7b7 ,elements ,the
 report under subsection 7a7 shall      
include the following3 7#a7 ,an         
assessment of-- 7,a7 the tactics and    
techniques used by ,china to obstruct or
 retaliate against countries1 such as   
,australia1 that have sought a full and 

fair inquiry into the role of ,china in 
the emergence and spread of ,,covid-#ai2
 and  7,b7 the motivations of ,china for
 undertaking such obstruction or        
retaliation4  7#b7 ,a description of    
activities undertaken by ,china1        
including with respect to cyber-theft1  
intended to licitly or illicitly acquire
 information and intellectual property  
in the possession of non-,chinese       
governments and businesses relating to  
,,covid-#ai testing1 treatment1 and     
vaccines4  7#c7 ,an assessment of       
whether the activities described under  
paragraph 7#b7 violate the commitment of
 ,china under the cybersecurity         
agreement entered into by ,china and the
 ,united ,states in #bjae to refrain    
from conducting or supporting           
cyber-enabled economic espionage4  7#d7 
,an assessment of the manner by which   
,china seeks to advance the foreign     
policy interests of ,china by providing 
economic aid or medical equipment to    
countries adversely affected by         

,,covid-#ai and a discussion of the     
degree to which such aid renders        
recipient countries more likely to adopt
 positions favorable to the interests of
 ,china or detrimental to the interests 
of the ,united ,states4  7#e7 ,an       
assessment of-- 7,a7 the effects of the 
pledged economic support by ,china to   
international organizations1 such as the
 ,world ,health ,organization2 and  7,b7
 whether1 and in what manner1 ,china    
uses such support to induce such        
organizations to take actions favorable 
to the interests of ,china or           
detrimental to the interests of the     
,united ,states4  7#f7 ,an              
identification of the different ways in 
which ,china is using1 or may be        
planning to use1 the global disruption  
and distraction associated with the     
,,covid-#ai pandemic as an opportunity  
to more aggressively pursue longstanding
 domestic and foreign policy objectives1
 including the objectives of ,china with
 respect to ,hong ,kong1 ,taiwan1       

,xinjiang1 and territorial disputes4    
7#g7 ,an assessment of-- 7,a7 the means 
and methods by which ,china disseminates
 misinformation1 whether overtly or     
covertly1 about ,,covid-#ai1 including  
on ,united ,states-based social media   
platforms or through other ,english     
language-based media2 and  7,b7 the     
motivations of ,china for disseminating 
such misinformation and a description of
 how the departments and agencies of the
 ,federal ,government are collaborating 
to track1 analyze1 and respond to such  
dissemination4  7#h7 ,an overarching    
assessment of-- 7,a7 how the activities 
of ,china described in this subsection  
collectively further the national       
interests of ,china2 and  7,b7 the      
extent to which such activities         
constitute a continuation of the        
longstanding practices of ,china or are 
an evolution of the foreign policy      
behavior of ,china4  7c7 ,form ,the     
report under subsection 7a7 shall be    
submitted in unclassified form without  

any designation relating to             
dissemination control1 but the report   
submitted to the appropriate            
congressional committees may include a  
classified annex4  7d7 ,appropriate     
congressional committees defined ,in    
this section1 the term appropriate      
congressional committees means the      
following3 7#a7 the ,committee on       
,appropriations1 the ,committee on      
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on     
,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on    
,homeland ,security1 and the ,permanent 
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7#f7 the ,committee on ,appropriations1 
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs1 and the ,select 
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate4