CTF Act

I 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 12 IH 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 12 IH 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 12 IH 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 the House of Representatives. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 12 IH (4) H.R. 6210, the Uyghur Forced Labor Pre- 1 vention Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 2 the House of Representatives. 3 (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 the House of Representatives. 9 (7) H.R. 5725, the Hong Kong Be Water Act, 10 of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the House 11 of Representatives. 12 (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 of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the House 21 of Representatives. 22 (11) H.R. 4140, the Foreign Extortion Preven- 23 tion Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 24 House of Representatives. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 12 IH (12) H.R. 4361, the Justice for Victims of 1 Kleptocracy Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro- 2 duced in the House of Representatives. 3 (13) H.R. 2167, Protecting United States Busi- 4 nesses Abroad Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro- 5 duced in the House of Representatives. 6 (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 the House of Representatives. 14 (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 116th Congress, as introduced in the House of Rep- 20 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 12 IH (19) H.R. 7938, the USIA for Strategic Com- 1 petition Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in 2 the House of Representatives. 3 (20) H.R. 6621, the Open Technology Fund 4 Authorization Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro- 5 duced in the House of Representatives. 6 (21) H.R. 6570, the Online Consumer Protec- 7 tion Act, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 8 House of Representatives. 9 (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 duced in the House of Representatives. 20 (25) H.R. 7414, the Taiwan Fellowship Act, of 21 the 116th Congress, as introduced in the House of 22 Representatives. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 12 IH (26) H.R. 6974, the Taiwan Non-Discrimina- 1 tion Act of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as intro- 2 duced in the House of Representatives. 3 (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 (28) Section 845 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 7 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 8 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 9 passed by the House of Representatives. 10 (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 (30) Section 1255 of H.R. 6395, the William 15 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Con- 17 gress, as passed by the House of Representatives. 18 (31) Section 824 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 19 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 20 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 21 passed by the House of Representatives. 22 (32) Section 823 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 23 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 12 IH Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 1 passed by the House of Representatives. 2 (33) Section 826 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 3 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 4 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 5 passed by the House of Representatives. 6 (34) Section 835 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 7 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 8 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 9 passed by the House of Representatives. 10 (35) Section 829 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 11 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 12 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 13 passed by the House of Representatives. 14 (36) Section 830 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 15 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 16 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 17 passed by the House of Representatives. 18 (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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 12 IH 2020, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 1 House of Representatives. 2 (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 House of Representatives. 7 (40) Section 712 of H.R. 6395, the William M. 8 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 9 Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Congress, as 10 passed by the House of Representatives. 11 (41) Section 1808(f) of H.R. 6395, the William 12 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Con- 14 gress, as passed by the House of Representatives. 15 (42) Section 750L of H.R. 6395, the William 16 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 17 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021, of the 116th Con- 18 gress, as passed by the House of Representatives. 19 (43) H.R. 6670, the Prescription for American 20 Drug Independence Act, of the 116th Congress, as 21 introduced in the House of Representatives. 22 (44) H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excel- 23 lence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 12 IH Act, of the 116th Congress, as passed by the House 1 of Representatives. 2 (45) H.R. 6531, the Medical Supplies for 3 Pandemics Act, of the 116th Congress, as intro- 4 duced in the House of Representatives. 5 (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 House of Representatives. 9 (47) H.R. 7767, the Domestic Medical and 10 Drug Manufacturing Tax Credit Act, of the 116th 11 Congress, as introduced in the House of Representa- 12 tives. 13 (48) H.R. 7555, the More Cures Act, of the 14 116th Congress, as introduced in the House of Rep- 15 resentatives. 16 (49) H.R. 7556, the Start-ups for Cures Act, of 17 the 116th Congress, as introduced in the House of 18 Representatives. 19 (50) H.R. 7537, the Infectious Disease Thera- 20 pies Research and Innovation Act of 2020, of the 21 116th Congress, as introduced in the House of Rep- 22 resentatives. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Oct 20, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H12.IH H12 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 12 IH (51) H.R. 7505, the American Innovation Act 1 of 2020, of the 116th Congress, as introduced in the 2 House of Representatives. 3 (52) H.R. 6613, the Indo-Pacific Deterrence 4 Initiative, of the 116th Congress, as intro [Text truncated for display. 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