[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7969 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7969

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to assess the national 
  security implications of increased foreign malign influence by the 
                        Chinese Communist Party.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2026

  Mr. Tran (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Strickland, and Mr. Harrigan) 
  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 
                    Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to assess the national 
  security implications of increased foreign malign influence by the 
                        Chinese Communist Party.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Chinese Communist Party 
Influence Act''.

SEC. 2. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT ON FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE 
              ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES BY THE 
              CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

    (a) Intelligence Community Assessment.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Director of National Intelligence, in 
        consultation with other heads of elements of the intelligence 
        community, and acting through the National Intelligence 
        Council, shall produce an intelligence community assessment 
        that addresses foreign malign influence activities undertaken 
        outside the United States by the Chinese Communist Party during 
        the three-year period beginning January 1, 2023.
            (2) Matters included.--The assessment under paragraph (1) 
        shall address, with respect to the period covered by the 
        report, the following:
                    (A) Foreign malign influence activities undertaken 
                outside the United States by the Chinese Communist 
                Party in key regions at the expense of the United 
                States and allies of the United States.
                    (B) The effect of such foreign malign influence 
                activities by the Chinese Communist Party on United 
                States alliances and on perceptions of the United 
                States in key regions.
                    (C) The effect of increased foreign malign 
                influence activities undertaken outside the United 
                States by the Chinese Communist Party.
                    (D) The effect of foreign malign influence 
                activities by the Chinese Communist Party on global and 
                localized financial systems in key regions.
                    (E) Trends in foreign malign influence activity by 
                the Chinese Communist Party in key regions.
                    (F) Any other national security implications of 
                such increased foreign malign influence activities by 
                the Chinese Communist Party that affect interests of 
                the United States and allies of the United States, as 
                determined relevant by the Director.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Initial report.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
        Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report containing the initial findings of the 
        intelligence community assessment under subsection (a).
            (2) Final report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
        Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees the intelligence community assessment under 
        subsection (a).
            (3) Form of reports.--The reports under paragraphs (1) and 
        (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
        classified annex.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
        the following:
                    (A) The Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
                    (B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
                the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
                Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, 
                and the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition 
                Between the United States and the Chinese Communist 
                Party of the House of Representatives.
            (2) The term ``foreign malign influence'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 119C(f) of the National Security Act 
        of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059(f)).
            (3) The term ``key regions'' means--
                    (A) the Indo-Pacific;
                    (B) the African continent;
                    (C) Latin America; and
                    (D) Europe.
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