[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 5131 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5131
To advance a competitive strategy against the People's Republic of
China, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 19, 2024
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Young, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Crapo, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Romney, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Grassley,
and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To advance a competitive strategy against the People's Republic of
China, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``STRATEGIC Act of
2024''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I--COUNTERING CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY MALIGN INFLUENCE
Subtitle A--Amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Treatment of certain exemptions under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938.
Sec. 103. Foreign agents registration criminal enforcement.
Sec. 104. Foreign agents registration civil enforcement.
Sec. 105. Authorizing the Attorney General to issue civil investigative
demands to promote enforcement of
disclosure requirements for agents of
foreign principals.
Sec. 106. Effective date.
Subtitle B--Other Actions To Counter CCP Malign Influence
Sec. 111. Prohibition on certain gifts and contracts from the PRC to
certain United States institutions.
Sec. 112. Requirement for think tanks to disclose foreign funding.
Sec. 113. Amendment to the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961.
Sec. 114. Establishment of Countering the People's Republic of China
Influence Fund.
Sec. 115. Notification requirement for participation of Department of
State and USAID officials in private events
that include the participation of specially
designated and blocked persons.
Sec. 116. Determination with respect to imposition of sanctions with
respect to United Front Work Department of
Chinese Communist Party.
Sec. 117. Department of State list of foreign talent recruitment
programs of the PRC.
Sec. 118. Oversight on climate cooperation with the PRC.
Sec. 119. Restriction on issuance of visas.
Sec. 120. Modifying information about countries exporting
methamphetamine included in the annual
international narcotics control strategy
report.
Sec. 121. Report on violations of American Diplomatic Corps privileges
and immunities.
Sec. 122. Annual report on the PRC's diplomatic mission engagements.
Sec. 123. Restrictions on foreign missions of the PRC in elementary and
secondary schools in the United States.
Sec. 124. Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging
Technology.
Sec. 125. Enhanced congressional notification regarding science and
technology agreements with the PRC.
TITLE II--ADVANCING UNITED STATES AND PARTNER ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
Sec. 201. Defined term.
Sec. 202. Authorization of partnership for global infrastructure and
investment.
Sec. 203. Global Strategic Infrastructure Investment Fund.
Sec. 204. Infrastructure transaction and assistance network.
Sec. 205. Regulatory exchanges with allies and partners.
Sec. 206. Authorization to assist United States companies with global
supply chain diversification and
management.
Sec. 207. Investing in talent in Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands,
Sub-saharan Africa, and Latin America.
Sec. 208. Pilot program to audit barriers to commerce in developing
partner countries.
Sec. 209. Promoting adoption of United Nations convention on the
assignment of receivables in international
trade.
Sec. 210. Opposing the provision of assistance to the People's Republic
of China by the multilateral development
banks.
Sec. 211. Prohibiting funding for the Montreal Protocol on substances
that deplete the ozone layer and the United
Nations framework convention on climate
change until China is no longer defined as
a developing country.
TITLE III--COUNTERING CHINA'S PREDATORY ECONOMIC PRACTICES
Subtitle A--Countering Economic Coercion
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 303. Definitions.
Sec. 304. Determination of economic coercion.
Sec. 305. Authorities to respond to economic coercion.
Sec. 306. Coordination with allies and partners.
Sec. 307. Expedited consideration of economic coercion response
package.
Sec. 308. Process for joint resolutions of disapproval.
Subtitle B--Other Matters To Counter Predatory Economic Practices by
the People's Republic of China
Sec. 311. Predatory pricing by entities owned, controlled, or directed
by a foreign state.
Sec. 312. Expansion of offense of theft of trade secrets to include
unauthorized development of products and
digital articles.
Sec. 313. Review of petitions related to intellectual property theft
and forced technology transfer.
Sec. 314. Fostering energy development aligned with partner country
needs.
Sec. 315. Opposition of United States to an increase in weight of
Chinese renminbi in Special Drawing Rights
basket of International Monetary Fund.
Sec. 316. Strengthening congressional oversight of Special Drawing
Rights at International Monetary Fund.
Sec. 317. Security and oversight for international landholdings.
Sec. 318. Intellectual property violators list.
Sec. 319. Annual review of the presence of Chinese companies in United
States capital markets.
Sec. 320. Prohibition on availability of funds for procurement of
certain batteries.
Sec. 321. Ending support for PRC contracts at the World Bank.
Sec. 322. Report on United States development efforts to counter the
PRC's Belt and Road Initiative.
TITLE IV--STRENGTHENING SECURITY ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS
Subtitle A--International Security Partners
Sec. 401. Defined term.
Sec. 402. Restriction on Track 1.5 dialogues with the People's Republic
of China.
Sec. 403. Refocusing international security efforts for strategic
competition.
Sec. 404. Report on diplomatic outreach with respect to PRC military
installations overseas.
Sec. 405. Limitation on assistance to countries hosting PRC military
installations.
Sec. 406. Amendment to the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act.
Sec. 407. Missile Technology Control Regime provisions.
Sec. 408. Strengthening extended nuclear deterrence in the Korean
theater of operations.
Subtitle B--Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners
PART I--Taiwan
Sec. 411. Development of economic tools to deter aggression by People's
Republic of China against Taiwan.
Sec. 412. Treatment of the Government of Taiwan.
Sec. 413. War reserve stock program for Taiwan.
Sec. 414. Proper treatment of Taiwan government representatives.
Sec. 415. American Institute in Taiwan.
PART II--South China and East China Sea Sanctions
Sec. 421. Short title.
Sec. 422. Sanctions with respect to Chinese persons responsible for
China's activities in the South China Sea
and the East China Sea.
Sec. 423. Sense of Congress regarding portrayals of the South China Sea
or the East China Sea as part of China.
Sec. 424. Sense of Congress on 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration's
tribunal ruling on arbitration case between
the Philippines and the People's Republic
of China.
Sec. 425. Report on countries that recognize Chinese sovereignty over
the South China Sea or the East China Sea.
PART III--Pacific Islands
Sec. 431. Establishing a senior official for the compacts of free
association at the Department of State.
Sec. 432. Enhancement of diplomatic support and economic engagement
with Pacific island countries.
PART IV--Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review
Sec. 441. Short title.
Sec. 442. Findings.
Sec. 443. Statement of policy.
Sec. 444. Definitions.
Sec. 445. Strategy and implementation plan relating to the Indian Ocean
region.
Sec. 446. Modification to United States-China Economic and Security
Review Commission.
Subtitle C--Countering Espionage and Surveillance Entities in Cuba
Sec. 451. Short titles.
Sec. 452. Imposition of sanctions with respect to military and
intelligence facilities of the People's
Republic of China in Cuba.
Sec. 453. Codification of Cuba restricted list.
Subtitle D--Countering China Globally
Sec. 461. Sense of Congress regarding China's support for Russia in
Ukraine.
Sec. 462. Enhancing United States-Africa trade and investment for
prosperity.
Sec. 463. Report on Horn of Africa.
Sec. 464. Amendment to Jackson-Vanik amendment.
Subtitle E--United States Interests in International Organizations
Sec. 471. Global peace operations initiative.
Sec. 472. Office on Multilateral Strategy and Personnel.
Sec. 473. Authorization of appropriations for Junior Professional
Officer positions and United States
candidates for leadership positions in
multilateral institutions.
Sec. 474. Safeguarding the integrity of the United Nations system.
Sec. 475. Department of State report on the People's Republic of
China's United Nations peacekeeping
efforts.
TITLE V--INVESTING IN OUR VALUES THROUGH SANCTIONS AND UNITED NATIONS
REFORMS
Sec. 501. Imposition of sanctions with respects to systematic rape,
coercive abortion, forced sterilization, or
involuntary contraceptive implantation in
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Sec. 502. Removal of members of the United Nations Human Rights Council
that commit human rights abuses.
Sec. 503. United Nations policy and international engagement on the
reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and
religious freedom of Tibetan Buddhists.
TITLE VI--ADVANCING OVERSIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Definitions.
Sec. 603. Statement of policy.
Sec. 604. Amendments to the Secretary of State's authority under the
Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 605. Report on threats related to specific dual use research of
concern and other international life
sciences research of concern.
Sec. 606. Report on United States funding research with the PRC.
Sec. 607. Biological and toxin weapons review conference.
Sec. 608. Annual report by the United States Agency for International
Development.
Sec. 609. United Nations agencies, programs, and funds.
Sec. 610. Rule of construction.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--Except as
provided in sections 125(b), 210, 211, 303, 313, 323, 411, and
452, part IV of subtitle B of title IV, and title VI, the term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives.
(2) PRC.--The term ``PRC'' means the People's Republic of
China.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of State.
TITLE I--COUNTERING CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY MALIGN INFLUENCE
Subtitle A--Amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 611) is amended--
(1) by striking the matter preceding subsection (a) and
inserting the following: ``In this Act:'';
(2) in each of subsections (a), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i),
(k), (l), (m), (n), and (o), by striking the semicolon at the
end and inserting a period;
(3) in subsection (b), by redesignating paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C);
(4) by striking subsections (c) and (d);
(5) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (e), (f), (g),
(h), (i), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), and (p) as paragraphs (11),
(6), (7), (5), (16), (15), (8), (17), (2), (18), (14), (12),
and (13), respectively, arranging such paragraphs in numerical
order, and moving each such paragraph 2 ems to the right;
(6) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the
following:
``(1) The term `agent of a foreign principal'--
``(A) means any person who--
``(i)(I) acts as an agent, representative,
employee, servant, or in any other capacity at
the order, request, or under the direction or
control, of--
``(aa) a foreign principal; or
``(bb) a person any of whose
activities are directly or indirectly
supervised, directed, controlled,
financed, or subsidized in whole or in
major part by a foreign principal; and
``(II) directly or through any other
person--
``(aa) engages within the United
States in political activities for or
in the interests of such foreign
principal;
``(bb) acts within the United
States as a public relations counsel,
publicity agent, information-service
employee, or political consultant for
or in the interests of such foreign
principal;
``(cc) within the United States,
solicits, collects, disburses, or
dispenses contributions, loans, money,
or other things of value for or in the
interest of such foreign principal; or
``(dd) within the United States
represents the interests of such
foreign principal before any agency or
official of the Government of the
United States; or
``(ii) agrees, consents, assumes or
purports to act as, or who is or holds himself
or herself out to be, whether or not pursuant
to contractual relationship, a person described
in clause (i); and
``(B) does not include--
``(i) any news or press service or
association organized under the laws of the
United States or of any State or other place
subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States if such entity--
``(I) is at least 80 percent
beneficially owned by, and its officers
and directors, if any, are, citizens of
the United States; and
``(II) is not owned, directed,
supervised, controlled, subsidized, or
financed, and none of its policies are
determined, by any foreign principal or
by any agent of a foreign principal
required to register under this Act; or
``(ii) any newspaper, magazine, periodical,
or other publication for which there is on file
with the United States Postal Service
information in compliance with section 3685 of
title 39, United States Code, published in the
United States, solely by virtue of any bona
fide news or journalistic activities, including
the solicitation or acceptance of
advertisements, subscriptions, or other
compensation if it meets the conditions set
forth in subclause (I) and (II) of clause
(i).'';
(7) by inserting after paragraph (2), as redesignated, the
following:
``(3) The term `appropriate committees of Congress' means--
``(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
``(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives; and
``(D) the Committee on F