[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2190 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2190

    To provide for an annual report to Congress on the intelligence 
   activities of the People's Republic of China directed against or 
             affecting the interests of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 1997

  Mr. McCollum (for himself, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
  Spence, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
Royce, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Gibbons, 
 and Mr. Hutchinson) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
           to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for an annual report to Congress on the intelligence 
   activities of the People's Republic of China directed against or 
             affecting the interests of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
              OF CHINA.

    (a) Report to Congress.--The Director of Central Intelligence and 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly, in 
consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, 
including the National Security Agency, and the Departments of Defense, 
Justice, Treasury, and State, shall prepare a report on intelligence 
activities of the People's Republic of China directed against or 
affecting the interests of the United States.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include information concerning the following:
            (1) Political, military, and economic espionage.
            (2) Intelligence activities designed to gain political 
        influence, including activities undertaken or coordinated by 
        the United Front Works Department of the Chinese Communist 
        Party.
            (3) Efforts to gain direct or indirect influence through 
        commercial or noncommercial intermediaries subject to control 
        by the People's Republic of China, including enterprises 
        controlled by the People's Liberation Army.
            (4) Disinformation and press manipulation by the People's 
        Republic of China with respect to the United States, including 
        activities undertaken or coordinated by the United Front Works 
        Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
    (c) Submission of Report.--Not later than March 31 of each year, 
the Director of Central Intelligence and the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, jointly, shall submit to the Congress 
classified and unclassified versions of the report described in 
subsection (a).
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