,i #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #edjd ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #ab1 #bjbc,mr4 ,fitzgerald 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 and ,mr4 ,lamborn7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to direct the ,attorney ,general to prepare a report on the ,department of ,justice activities related to countering ,chinese national security threats1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,countering ,chinese ,espionage ,reporting ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,the ,chinese ,communist ,party poses pervasive and growing threats to ,united ,states domestic national security4 7#b7 ,on ,november #a1 #bjah1 the ,department of ,justice launched a new initiative1 referred to as the ,china ,initiative1 to address some of the most critical threats to ,united ,states domestic national security posed by the ,chinese regime4 7#c7 ,the ,china ,initiative has sought to identify and prosecute ,chinese trade-secret theft and economic espionage and to protect ,american critical infrastructure and supply chains from covert influence4 7#d7 ,the ,chinese ,communist ,party's aggression is a pervasive and growing problem1 as approximately #hj percent of all ,federal economic espionage prosecutions involve alleged conduct that would benefit the ,chinese ,communist ,party1 and about #fj percent of all ,united ,states trade-secret theft cases have a nexus to the ,chinese ,communist ,party4 7#e7 ,according to the ,commission on the ,theft of ,american ,intellectual ,property1 the ,chinese ,communist ,party's theft of ,united ,states intellectual property is estimated to cost the ,united ,states economy between #bbe1jjj1jjj1jjj to #fjj1jjj1jjj1jjj annually4 7#f7 ,the ,department of ,justice has identified academia as one of the sectors of the ,united ,states economy that are most vulnerable to trade-secret theft and economic espionage by the ,chinese ,communist ,party4 ,the ,chinese ,communist ,party exploits the ,american tradition of openness and the free flow of ideas for its own benefit4 7#g7 ,the widespread and dangerous threats posed by the ,chinese ,communist ,party has been underscored by the most senior-level ,united ,states ,government officials4 7#h7 ,on ,november #a1 #bjah1 the former ,assistant ,attorney for the ,department of ,justice's ,national ,security ,division stated1 ,china wants the fruits of ,america's brainpower to harvest the seeds of its planned economic dominance4 ,preventing this from happening will take all of us1 here at the ,justice ,department1 across the ,u4,s4 ,government1 and within the private sector4 7#i7 ,on ,june #bd1 #bjbj1 the former ,national ,security ,advisor of the ,white ,house stated that the ,chinese ,communist ,party is seeking leverage over individual ,americans and collecting your most intimate data--your words1 your actions1 your purchases1 your whereabouts1 your health records1 your social media posts1 your texts1 and mapping your network of friends1 family1 and acquaintances4 7#aj7 ,on ,july #g1 #bjbj1 the ,director of the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation warned that the greatest long-term threat to our nation's information and intellectual property1 and to our economic vitality1 is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from ,china4 7#aa7 ,the ,director of the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation added that we've now reached the point where the ,,fbi is opening a new ,china-related counterintelligence case about every #aj hours4 ,of the nearly #e1jjj active ,,fbi counterintelligence cases currently underway across the country1 almost half are related to ,china4 7#ab7 ,on ,july #af1 #bjbj1 the former ,attorney ,general of the ,department of ,justice stated that the ultimate ambition of ,china's rulers isn't to trade with the ,united ,states4 ,it is to raid the ,united ,states4 7#ac7 ,on ,july #bc1 #bjbj1 the former ,secretary of the ,department of ,state stated that we the ,united ,states must admit a hard truth that should guide us in the years and decades to come1 that if we want a free #bast century1 and not the ,chinese century of which ,xi ,jingping dreams1 the old paradigm of blind engagement with ,china simply won't get it done4 ,we must not continue it and we must not return it4 7#ad7 ,actions by the ,biden administration have raised serious concerns about its commitment to confront the national security threats posed by the ,chinese ,communist ,party4 7#ae7 ,in ,july #bjba1 the ,biden administration's ,department of ,justice moved to dismiss charges against several suspected ,chinese researchers accused of concealing ties to the ,chinese military4 7#af7 ,on ,february #bc1 #bjbb1 the ,biden administration's ,department of ,justice announced the end of its national security program aimed at prioritizing and countering legitimate threats of economic espionage1 theft of ,american intellectual property and research1 and other threats posed by the ,chinese ,communist ,party to the ,united ,states4 7#ag7 ,this action comes at a time when ,president ,biden's leadership in only a short period has resulted in many foreign policy missteps1 notably in ,afghanistan1 ,russia1 and ,iran4 7#ah7 ,the ,united ,states efforts to combat the ,chinese ,communist ,party's malign activities should actively protect ,united ,states domestic national security1 and address the strategic failures described in this section4 #c4 ,report on ,department of ,justice activities related to countering ,chinese national security threats 7a7 ,requirement ,not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 and each year thereafter for #g years1 the ,attorney ,general shall submit to the ,committees on the ,judiciary of the ,house of ,representatives and of the ,senate a report that includes each of the following3 7#a7 ,a description of the activities and operations of the ,department of ,justice related to countering ,chinese national security threats and espionage in the ,united ,states1 including trade-secret theft1 theft of ,united ,states intellectual property and research1 and threats from non-traditional collectors1 such as researchers in laboratories1 at universities1 and at defense industrial base facilities 7as that term is defined in section #bbjh7u77#c7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code74 7#b7 ,an accounting of the resources of the ,department of ,justice that are dedicated to programs aimed at combating national security threats posed by the ,chinese ,communist ,party1 and any supporting information as to the efficacy of each such program4 7b7 ,form ,the report under subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in unclassified form1 but may include a classified annex4 ,on the date on which the ,attorney ,general submits each report under subsection 7a71 the ,attorney ,general shall make such report publicly available on the website of the ,department of ,justice4 7c7 ,consultation ,in preparing the report under subsection 7a71 the ,attorney ,general shall consult with other appropriate officials4