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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8782" measure-id="id117hr8782" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-09-09" update-date="2023-08-01">
        <title>Protecting Our Homeland from Chinese Espionage Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8782v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-01">
            <action-date>2022-09-09</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><strong>Protecting Our Homeland from Chinese Espionage Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contractors to disclose relevant commercial ties with covered Chinese entities. DHS must terminate a contract with a contractor if, based on a disclosure required by this bill, DHS determines that continuation of the contract violates federal law or is not in the public's interest. </p> <p>The bill defines <em>covered entity</em> to include the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese military, and entities that have certain connections to China.</p>  
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