S 982 United States Senate · 118th Congress

A bill to establish an FBI hotline to receive tips about persons trying to engage in certain activities in the United States on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and to criminalize the performance of the functions of a law enforcement agency in the United States on behalf of the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party.

This bill creates an FBI hotline for anonymous tips about individuals acting on behalf of China's government or Communist Party to surveil, harass, intimidate, or coerce people in the U.S. (including pressuring Chinese nationals to return to China). It also makes it a federal crime for anyone to perform law enforcement functions in the U.S. on behalf of China or the Chinese Communist Party. The law specifically prohibits surveillance, harassment, intimidation, or coercion carried out for these entities. Violators face fines or up to 10 years in prison.
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Mar 2023
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Introduced Mar 27, 2023 Last action Mar 27, 2023
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