[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5266-S5267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3012. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES RELATED 
                   TO COUNTERING CHINESE NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   THREATS.

       (a) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter for 7 years, 
     the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, 
     and make publicly available on the website of the Department 
     of Justice, a report that includes each of the following:
       (1) A description of the activities and operations of the 
     Department of Justice related to countering Chinese national 
     security threats and espionage in the United States, 
     including--
       (A) theft of United States intellectual property (including 
     trade secrets) and research; and
       (B) threats from non-traditional collectors, such as 
     researchers in laboratories, at universities, and at defense 
     industrial base facilities (as that term is defined in 
     section 2208(u)(3) of title 10, United States Code).
       (2) 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

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     Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of 
     each such program.
       (3) A detailed description of the measures used to ensure 
     the protection of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy 
     rights of United States persons in carrying out the 
     activities, operations, and programs described in paragraphs 
     (1) and (2).
       (b) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Consultation.--In preparing the report under subsection 
     (a), the Attorney General shall collaborate with the Director 
     of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
     the Secretary of Defense, and any other appropriate 
     officials.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to require the Attorney General to disclose 
     confidential, classified, law enforcement sensitive, or 
     otherwise protected information, including information about 
     ongoing Federal litigation, investigations, or operations, in 
     the report under subsection (a).
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