Sec. 12. Protections for diaspora
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It is the sense of Congress that the United States should forcefully oppose and protest all unlawful efforts by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to censor, monitor, or otherwise exert pressure against Turkic Muslims present within the United States, as well as all other persons present within the United States. The Secretary of State shall— not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish a website for the confidential reporting of harassment or surveillance by representatives or agents of the Government of the People’s Republic of China within the United States or against United States persons located abroad; take technical measures to ensure reports submitted over such website are encrypted and that, to the maximum extent practicable, the identifying information of those individuals who submit such reports remains confidential; endeavor to publicize the availability of such website to individuals and personnel who are not subject to any mandatory foreign contact reporting requirements, including to individuals on college campuses, including international student groups, college administrators, and campus public safety personnel, and to personnel of nongovernmental organizations, policy institutes, and other similar entities, and who are likely to be subject to harassment or surveillance by representatives or agents of the Government of the People’s Republic of China; transmit to appropriate Federal, State, or local law enforcement information, whether obtained through the reporting mechanism described in paragraph
(1)or otherwise obtained from any nongovernmental source, regarding credible allegations of unlawful harassment or surveillance, including any potential conspiracies against rights under section 241 of title 18, United States Code, by representatives or agents of the Government of the People’s Republic of China within the United States, or in the event the transmittal of such information to such law enforcement may negatively impact the national security or national interests of the United States or such information relates to activity outside the jurisdiction of any such law enforcement entity, to at least one Federal element described in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ); and in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, prepare a strategy for countering harassment or surveillance by representatives or agents of the Government of the People’s Republic of China within the United States, including against members of Turkic Muslim communities. The President shall promulgate and enforce regulations requiring any institution of higher education that participates in a program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.) to, in the event such institution becomes aware of any incident of harassment or surveillance within the United States by agents or representatives of the Government of the People’s Republic of China against persons affiliated with such institution or otherwise occurring on its campus, promptly report such incident to the Secretary of State, using either the mechanism described in subsection
(b)or other available means.
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