S.Amdt. 3012

SA 3012. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES RELATED
TO COUNTERING CHINESE NATIONAL SECURITY
THREATS.

(a) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter for 7 years,
the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on the
Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of Representatives,
and make publicly available on the website of the Department
of Justice, a report that includes each of the following:
(1) A description of the activities and operations of the
Department of Justice related to countering Chinese national
security threats and espionage in the United States,
including--
(A) theft of United States intellectual property (including
trade secrets) and research; and
(B) threats from non-traditional collectors, such as
researchers in laboratories, at universities, and at defense
industrial base facilities (as that term is defined in
section 2208(u)(3) of title 10, United States Code).
(2) An accounting of the resources of the Department of
Justice that are dedicated to programs aimed at combating
national security threats posed by the Chinese Communist

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Party, and any supporting information as to the efficacy of
each such program.
(3) A detailed description of the measures used to ensure
the protection of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy
rights of United States persons in carrying out the
activities, operations, and programs described in paragraphs
(1) and (2).
(b) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(c) Consultation.--In preparing the report under subsection
(a), the Attorney General shall collaborate with the Director
of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
the Secretary of Defense, and any other appropriate
officials.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require the Attorney General to disclose
confidential, classified, law enforcement sensitive, or
otherwise protected information, including information about
ongoing Federal litigation, investigations, or operations, in
the report under subsection (a).
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