TH CONGRESS S H. R. 12

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116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 12

To enact a comprehensive legislative response to the threats posed by the

Chinese Communist Party to the United States of America and to free-

dom, democracy, and human rights around the world.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. JOYCE of

Pennsylvania, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. CURTIS, Mr.

BANKS, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. STEWART,

Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms.

STEFANIK, Mr. BARR, and Ms. CHENEY) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition

to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services,

the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy

and Commerce, Armed Services, Education and Labor, the Budget, Intel-

ligence (Permanent Select), Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight

and Reform, House Administration, Small Business, and Homeland Secu-

rity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of

the committee concerned

A BILL To enact a comprehensive legislative response to the threats

posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the United

States of America and to freedom, democracy, and

human rights around the world.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘China Task Force Act’’ 2

or the ‘‘CTF Act’’. 3

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4

Congress finds the following: 5

(1) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is 6

completely committed to a hostile communist ide-7

ology in which individuals exist to serve the state, 8

enjoying rights and freedoms only at the state’s dis-9

cretion. 10

(2) The CCP applies this ideology onto the Peo-11

ple’s Republic of China (PRC) through a system of 12

government called ‘‘socialism with Chinese charac-13

teristics’’, the main tenet of which is the absolute to-14

talitarianism of the CCP. CCP General Secretary Xi 15

Jinping recently described this political system by 16

writing ‘‘the Party, the government, the military, the 17

people, and academia—east, west, south, north, and 18

center—the Party leads everything’’. 19

(3) The CCP’s adherence to communist ide-20

ology and its application of this ideology through to-21

talitarianism drives its persistently malign conduct 22

as the CCP seeks to eliminate perceived threats to 23

the security of its regime. 24

(4) The CCP has legally defined the national 25

security of the PRC as the ‘‘absence of international 26


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or domestic threats to the state’s power’’, enshrining 1

in law its belief that the CCP will not be secure until 2

all threats foreign and domestic are eliminated, a 3

concept which requires external aggression. 4

(5) The CCP considers constitutional democ-5

racy, internationally recognized human rights, free 6

markets, independent journalism, and internal dis-7

sent to be security threats. 8

(6) It is a bedrock American principle that the 9

United States Government is not built to grant 10

rights, but to protect rights inalienable to every 11

human being, and furthermore that the infringement 12

of such rights anywhere is unjust. 13

(7) Driven by its hostile communist ideology 14

and enabled by decades of foreign policy from the 15

United States and likeminded democracies which 16

disregarded this ideology, the CCP has risen to be-17

come the United States prevailing economic and na-18

tional security threat of this generation. 19

(8) The CCP’s malign conduct, its threat to 20

American interests and values, and its fundamental 21

illegitimacy as a means of governing one-fifth of 22

mankind all ultimately derive from the CCP’s hostile 23

communist ideology. As in the United States prior 24

great power competition with a communist super-25


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power, the United States goal should be the end of 1

the CCP’s monopoly on power, rather than indefinite 2

coexistence with a fundamentally hostile communist 3

state. 4

(9) The theory that unprincipled economic en-5

tanglement with the PRC’s CCP-controlled economy 6

would induce economic and political liberalization 7

while contributing to United States interests has 8

been proven false. Decisive action is required to stop 9

the CCP from further exploiting the United States 10

economy, defend United States national security in-11

terests, impose costs on the CCP’s malign actions, 12

and uphold American values. 13

SEC. 3. ENACTMENTS. 14

There are hereby enacted into law the following: 15

(1) H.R. 7937, the Countering CCP Malign In-16

fluence Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 17

the House of Representatives. 18

(2) H.R. 8058, the Chinese Research Funds 19

Accounting Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-20

duced in the House of Representatives. 21

(3) Titles V, VI, and VII of H.R. 3352, the 22

Eliot L. Engel Department of State Authorization 23

Act of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as passed by 24



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(4) H.R. 6210, the Uyghur Forced Labor Pre-1

vention Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 2


(5) H.R. 4331, the Tibetan Policy and Support 4

Act, of the 116th Congress, as passed by the House 5

of Representatives. 6

(6) H.R. 7805, the Stop Predatory Organ Traf-7

ficking Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 8


(7) H.R. 5725, the Hong Kong Be Water Act, 10

of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the House 11


(8) Section 1284 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 13

(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 14

Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 15

passed by the House of Representatives. 16

(9) H.R. 3843, the CROOK Act, of the 116th 17

Congress, as introduced in the House of Representa-18

tives. 19

(10) H.R. 3441, the Kleptocrat Exposure Act, 20



(11) H.R. 4140, the Foreign Extortion Preven-23

tion Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 24

House of Representatives. 25


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(12) H.R. 4361, the Justice for Victims of 1

Kleptocracy Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-2


(13) H.R. 2167, Protecting United States Busi-4

nesses Abroad Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-5


(14) H.R. 2514, the Coordinating Oversight, 7

Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Exam-8

iner Reform Act, of the 116th Congress, as passed 9

by the House of Representatives. 10

(15) H.R. 4636, the Partnering and Leveraging 11

Assistance to Stop Trash for International Cleaner 12

Seas Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 13


(16) H.R. 5859, the Trillion Trees Act, of the 15

116th Congress, as introduced in the House of Rep-16

resentatives. 17

(17) H.R. 7939, the United Nations Trans-18

parency and Accountability Act (UNTAA), of the 19


resentatives. 21

(18) H.R. 7733, the Li Wenliang Global Public 22

Health Accountability Act, of the 116th Congress, as 23

introduced in the House of Representatives. 24


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(19) H.R. 7938, the USIA for Strategic Com-1

petition Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 2


(20) H.R. 6621, the Open Technology Fund 4

Authorization Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-5


(21) H.R. 6570, the Online Consumer Protec-7

tion Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 8


(22) H.R. 2002, the Taiwan Assurance Act, of 10

the 116th Congress, as passed by the House of Rep-11

resentatives. 12

(23) H.R. 353, a bill to direct the Secretary of 13

State to develop a strategy to regain observer status 14

for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and 15

for other purposes, of the 116th Congress, as passed 16

by the House of Representatives. 17

(24) H.R. 6287, the Taiwan Symbols of Sov-18

ereignty (SOS) Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-19


(25) H.R. 7414, the Taiwan Fellowship Act, of 21

the 116th Congress, as introduced in the House of 22

Representatives. 23


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(26) H.R. 6974, the Taiwan Non-Discrimina-1

tion Act of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as intro-2


(27) H.R. 6014, the Employment Fairness for 4

Taiwan Act of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as in-5

troduced in the House of Representatives. 6





(29) Section 1254 of H.R. 6395, the William 11

M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-12

tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Con-13

gress, as passed by the House of Representatives. 14












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(37) H.R. 7061, the American Critical Mineral 19

Exploration and Innovation Act, of the 116th Con-20

gress, as introduced in the House of Representa-21

tives. 22

(38) H.R. 8198, the National Security Through 23

America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 24


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2020, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 1


(39) Section 247(d) and subtitle F of title XVII 3

of H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na-4

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 5

2021, of the 116th Congress, as passed by the 6






(41) Section 1808(f) of H.R. 6395, the William 12




(42) Section 750L of H.R. 6395, the William 16




(43) H.R. 6670, the Prescription for American 20

Drug Independence Act, of the 116th Congress, as 21


(44) H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excel-23

lence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 24


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(45) H.R. 6531, the Medical Supplies for 3

Pandemics Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-4


(46) Title I of H.R. 6930, the Manufacturing 6

API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America 7

Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 8


(47) H.R. 7767, the Domestic Medical and 10

Drug Manufacturing Tax Credit Act, of the 116th 11


tives. 13

(48) H.R. 7555, the More Cures Act, of the 14


resentatives. 16

(49) H.R. 7556, the Start-ups for Cures Act, of 17


Representatives. 19

(50) H.R. 7537, the Infectious Disease Thera-20

pies Research and Innovation Act of 2020, of the 21


resentatives. 23


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(51) H.R. 7505, the American Innovation Act 1

of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 2


(52) H.R. 6613, the Indo-Pacific Deterrence 4

Initiative, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 5


(53) H.R. 3508, the South China Sea and East 7

China Sea Sanctions Act of 2019, of the 116th Con-8


tives. 10

(54) H.R. 7423, the Taiwan Defense Act, of 11


Representatives. 13














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(60) Section 1628 of S. 4049, the National De-9

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 10

116th Congress, as passed by the Senate. 11











(64) H.R. 3997, Safe Career Transitions for 22

Intelligence and National Security Professionals, of 23


Representatives. 25


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(65) H.R. 6896, the No Tik Tok on Govern-1

ment Devices Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-2






(67) H.R. 6196, the Trademark Modernization 8



(68) H.R. 7224, the End Communist Chinese 11

Citizenship Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-12





(70) H.R. 4963, the Stop the Importation and 17

Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues Act, of the 18


resentatives. 20

(71) H.R. 2935, the Stopping Overdoses of 21

Fentanyl Analogues Act, of the 116th Congress, as 22





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(75) H.R. 7905, the Emergency Assistance for 11

Safe Elections Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-12


(76) H.R. 4736, the Honest Elections Act, of 14


Representatives. 16

(77) H.R. 6882, the Election Fraud Prevention 17



(78) H.R. 5707, the Protect American Voters 20



(79) H.R. 3442, the Defending Elections 23

against Trolls from Enemy Regimes (DETER) Act, 24


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(80) H.R. 1811, the Countering Chinese Gov-3

ernment and Communist Party’s Political Influence 4

Operations Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-5


(81) H.R. 6216, the National Artificial Intel-7

ligence Initiative Act of 2020, of the 116th Con-8


tives. 10

(82) H.R. 8132, the American COMPETE Act, 11

of the 116th Congress, as passed by the House of 12

Representatives. 13









(85) Sections 241 through 249 of H.R. 6395, 22

the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 23

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 24


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116th Congress, as passed by the House of Rep-1

resentatives. 2

(86) H.R. 6624, the Utilizing Strategic Allied 3

(USA) Telecommunications Act of 2020, of the 4


resentatives. 6

(87) H.R. 6235, the NETWORKS Act, of the 7


resentatives. 9

(88) H.R. 8303, the QUEST Act of 2020, of 10


Representatives. 12

(89) H.R. 6919, the Advancing Quantum Com-13

puting Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 14


(90) H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infra-16

structure Act of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as in-17


(91) H.R. 8350, the SELF–DRIVE Act, of the 19


resentatives. 21

(92) H.R. 7972, the Advanced Unmanned De-22

livery Services Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-23



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(93) H.R. 7214, the Surface Transportation 1

Research and Development Act, of the 116th Con-2


tives. 4

(94) Sections 5231 through 5237 of S. 4049, 5

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 6

Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as passed by the 7

Senate. 8

(95) H.R. 3255, the TOWER Infrastructure 9

Deployment Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-10


(96) H.R. 4373, the Engineering Biology Re-12

search and Development Act of 2019, of the 116th 13

Congress, as passed by the House of Representa-14

tives. 15





(98) H.R. 4500, the bipartisan Promoting U.S. 20

Wireless Leadership Act of 2019, of the 116th Con-21


(99) H.R. 3763, the bipartisan Promoting U.S. 23

International Leadership in 5G Act of 2019, of the 24


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resentatives. 2

(100) H.R. 5698, the Promoting Secure 5G 3



(101) H.R. 3610, the American Space Com-6

merce Free Enterprise Act, of the 116th Congress, 7

as introduced in the House of Representatives. 8

(102) H.R. 6208, the Protecting American 9

Space Assets Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-10


(103) Subtitle C of Title XVII of H.R. 6395, 12

the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 13

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 14


resentatives. 16

(104) H.R. 6969, the U.S. TELL Act, of the 17


resentatives. 19

(105) H.R. 6942, the Internet Application I.D. 20



(106) H.R. 6929, the Advancing Facial Rec-23

ognition Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced 24

in the House of Representatives. 25


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(107) H.R. 7005, the SHIELD Act, of the 1


resentatives. 3

(108) H. Res. 746, a resolution expressing the 4

sense of the House of Representatives that the 5

United States should reaffirm its commitment as a 6

member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 7

and work with other WTO members to achieve re-8

forms at the WTO that improve the speed and pre-9

dictability of dispute settlement, address long-10

standing concerns with the WTO’s Appellate Body, 11

increase transparency at the WTO, ensure that 12

WTO members invoke special and differential treat-13

ment reserved for developing countries only in fair 14

and appropriate circumstances, and update the 15

WTO rules to address the needs of the United 16

States and other free and open economies in the 17

21st century, of the 116th Congress, as introduced 18


(109) H.R. 8163, the Countering China 20

Through American Export Competitiveness Act, of 21


Representatives. 23

(110) H.R. 7570, a bill to amend the Better 24

Utilization of Investments Leading to Development 25


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Act of 2018 to facilitate increased equity invest-1

ments under that Act, of the 116th Congress, as in-2






(112) H.R. 5846, the Neutralizing Unfair Chi-8

nese Subsidies Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-9


(113) H.R. 6086, the IMF Reform and Integ-11

rity Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 12






(115) H.R. 7405, the Strengthening American 18

Nuclear Competitiveness Act, of the 116th Congress, 19


(116) H.R. 7406, the Nuclear Licensing Effi-21

ciency Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 22



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(117) H.R. 7814, the Nuclear Prosperity and 1

Security Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced 2


(118) H.R. 7404, the Unlocking our Domestic 4

LNG Potential Act of 2020, of the 116th Congress, 5


(119) H.R. 7429, the Promoting Cross-Border 7

Energy Infrastructure Act, of the 116th Congress, 8


(120) H.R. 3983, the Promoting Interagency 10

Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines 11



(121) H.R. 8329, the Revitalizing Multilateral 14

Export Control Diplomacy for Critical Technologies 15



(122) H.R. 7000, the Holding Foreign Compa-18

nies Accountable Act, of the 116th Congress, as in-19


(123) H.R. 7749, a bill to amend the Internal 21

Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the transfer of 22

intangible property from controlled foreign corpora-23

tions to United States shareholders, of the 116th 24


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tives. 2

(124) H.R. 6802, the Accelerate Long-term In-3

vestment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act, of the 116th 4


tives. 6

(125) H.R. 5685, the Securing American Lead-7

ership in Science and Technology Act, of the 116th 8


tives. 10

(126) H.R. 7766, a bill to amend the Internal 11

Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the research tax 12

credit and provide better access to the credit for 13

business startups, of the 116th Congress, as intro-14


(127) H.R. 4549, the American Innovation and 16

Competitiveness Act, of the 116th Congress, as in-17


(128) H.R. 7321, the Elevating America’s 19

Workforce Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced 20


(129) H.R. 4372, the MSI STEM Achievement 22




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(130) H.R. 4979, the Rural STEM Education 1



(131) H.R. 2528, the STEM Opportunities Act, 4

of the 116th Congress, as passed by the House of 5

Representatives. 6

(132) H.R. 7842, the Intelligence on Nefarious 7

Foreign Leaders Using Education Networks for Cor-8

rupt Enrichment (INFLUENCE) Act, of the 116th 9


tives. 11

(133) H.R. 7708, the Defend COVID Research 12

from Hackers Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro-13


(134) H.R. 7998, the NIST COVID–19 Cyber- 15

Security Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced 16






(136) H.R. 3611, the Securing American Re-22

search from Cyber Theft Act, of the 116th Congress, 23



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(137) H.R. 7601, the Concerns Over Nations 1

Funding University Campus Institutes in the United 2

States Act (CONFUCIUS Act), of the 116th Con-3


tives. 5

SEC. 4. PUBLICATION OF ACT. 6

In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United 7

States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 8

1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States 9

shall include after the date of approval an appendix setting 10

forth the text of each bill, resolution, and other provision 11

referred to in section 3. 12

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