This bill directs the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), working with other intelligence officials, to produce an intelligence community assessment of foreign malign influence activities carried out outside the United States by the Chinese Communist Party. The assessment must cover a three-year period beginning January 1, 2023, and address: where such activities occurred in key regions; effects on U.S. alliances and how the United States is perceived; effects of increased influence activity; effects on global and local financial systems; trends in activity; and any other national security implications the DNI finds relevant. The bill requires an initial unclassified report (with an optional classified annex) to specified congressional committees within 90 days of enactment and a final report within 180 days. The bill defines the key regions as the Indo-Pacific, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, and uses the statutory definition of "foreign malign influence."
The bill itself orders an intelligence assessment and reporting to Congress. It does not direct actions that change services or benefits for individuals. If enacted, intelligence agencies would prepare and deliver the requested reports to the named congressional committees. Any policy changes that might follow would come later and are not described in this bill.
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The sponsors introduced the bill to require a focused intelligence assessment of increased foreign malign influence by the Chinese Communist Party. The bill’s listed topics show supporters want Congress to receive information about where influence activity occurred, its effects on alliances and perceptions, financial impacts, trends, and other national security implications.
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