Sec. 405. Annual briefing on intelligence community efforts to identify and mitigate Chinese Communist Party political influence operations and information warfare against the United States
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In this section: The term Chinese entities engaged in political influence operations and information warfare means all of the elements of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party involved in information warfare operations, such as— the Ministry of State Security; the intelligence services of the People’s Republic of China; the United Front Work Department and other united front organs; state-controlled media systems, such as the China Global Television Network (CGTN); and any entity involved in information warfare operations by demonstrably and intentionally disseminating false information and propaganda of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
The term political influence operation means a coordinated and often concealed application of disinformation, press manipulation, economic coercion, targeted investments, corruption, or academic censorship, which are often intended— to coerce and corrupt United States interests, values, institutions, or individuals; and to foster attitudes, behavior, decisions, or outcomes in the United States that support the interests of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Foreign Malign Influence Center shall, in collaboration with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, provide the congressional intelligence committees a classified briefing on the ways in which the relevant elements of the intelligence community are working internally and coordinating across the intelligence community to identify and mitigate the actions of Chinese entities engaged in political influence operations and information warfare against the United States, including against United States persons.
The classified briefing required by subsection
(b)shall cover the following: The Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party tactics, tools, and entities that spread disinformation, misinformation, and malign information and conduct influence operations, information campaigns, or other propaganda efforts. The actions of the Foreign Malign Influence Center relating to early-warning, information sharing, and proactive risk mitigation systems, based on the list of entities identified in subsection (a)(1), to detect, expose, deter, and counter political influence operations of, and information warfare waged by, the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party, against the United States. The actions of the Foreign Malign Influence Center to conduct outreach to identify and counter tactics, tools, and entities described in paragraph
(1)by sharing information with allies and partners of the United States, State and local governments, the business community, and civil society that exposes the political influence operations and information operations of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party carried out against individuals and entities in the United States.