Sec. 302. Report on corrupt activities of senior officials of Government of the People’s Republic of China
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2028, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and any other relevant United States Government official, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying those senior PRC officials who are responsible for, or complicit in, or who have directly or indirectly engaged in, significant corruption. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following elements: A general description of the corrupt sources of wealth of senior PRC officials. A description of corruption, including activities taking place outside of China, engaged in by senior PRC officials. A description of any gaps in the ability of the intelligence community to collect information described in clauses
(i)and (ii). The names of other individuals and entities who facilitate or benefit from significant corruption by senior PRC officials, both inside and outside of the PRC. The first report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include comprehensive information on the matters described in subparagraph (A). Each succeeding report submitted under paragraph
(1)may consist of an update or supplement to the preceding report submitted under that paragraph. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include an unclassified executive summary of the elements described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of paragraph (2)(A), and may include a classified annex. Not later than 180 days after submission of each report required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall— evaluate whether any foreign person identified under this section may meet the criteria for the potential imposition of sanctions under existing sanctions authorities, including— the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq. ); and section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328 ; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note); and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, in writing, setting forth the results of that assessment. The report required by subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. It is the sense of Congress that the United States should undertake every effort and pursue every opportunity to expose the corruption and related practices of senior PRC officials, including General Secretary of the Communist Party and President Xi Jinping. In this section the term corruption includes, among other activities— the misappropriation of state assets; the expropriation of private assets for personal gain; abuse of an official position related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources; and bribery.
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