Sec. 3207. Report on Chinese influence in international organizations
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report on the expanded influence of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party in international organizations. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include analysis of the following: The influence of the PRC and Chinese Communist Party in international organizations and how that influence has expanded over the last 10 years, including— tracking countries’ voting patterns that align with Chinese government voting patterns; the number of PRC nationals in leadership positions at the D–1 level or higher; changes in PRC voluntary and mandatory funding by organization; adoption of Chinese Communist Party phrases and initiatives in international organization language and programming; efforts by the PRC to secure legitimacy for its own foreign policy initiatives, including the Belt and Road Initiative; the number of Junior Professional Officers that the Government of the People’s Republic of China has funded by organization; tactics used by the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the CCP to manipulate secret or otherwise non-public voting measures, voting bodies, or votes; the extent to which technology companies incorporated in the PRC, or which have PRC or CCP ownership interests, provide equipment and services to international organizations; and efforts by the PRC’s United Nations Mission to generate criticism of the United States in the United Nations, including any efforts to highlight delayed United States payments or to misrepresent total United States voluntary and assessed financial contributions to the United Nations and its specialized agencies and programs. The purpose and ultimate goals of the expanded influence of the PRC government and the Chinese Communist Party in international organizations, including an analysis of PRC Government and Chinese Communist Party strategic documents and rhetoric. The tactics and means employed by the PRC government and the Chinese Communist Party to achieve expanded influence in international organizations, including— incentive programs for PRC nationals to join and run for leadership positions in international organizations; coercive economic and other practices against other members in the organization; and economic or other incentives provided to international organizations, including donations of technologies or goods. The successes and failures of the PRC government and Chinese Communist Party influence efforts in international organizations, especially those related to human rights, internet sovereignty , the development of norms on artificial intelligence, labor, international standards setting, and freedom of navigation. The report submitted under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term international organizations includes the following: The African Development Bank. The Asian Development Bank. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. The Bank of International Settlements. The Caribbean Development Bank. The Food and Agriculture Organization. The International Atomic Energy Agency. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures. The International Chamber of Commerce. The International Civil Aviation Organization. The International Criminal Police Organization. The International Finance Corporation. The International Fund for Agricultural Development. The International Hydrographic Organization. The International Labor Organization. The International Maritime Organization. The International Monetary Fund. The International Olympic Committee. The International Organization for Migration. The International Organization for Standardization. The International Renewable Energy Agency. The International Telecommunications Union. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The United Nations. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research. The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. The Universal Postal Union. The World Customs Organization. The World Health Organization. The World Intellectual Property Organization. The World Meteorological Organization. The World Organization for Animal Health. The World Tourism Organization. The World Trade Organization. The World Bank Group.