CCP Initiative (DOJ National Security Division)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-01-14 — Divesting from Communist China’s Military Act of 2026: Divesting from Communist China’s Military Act of 2026 (S3640) adds a capital-markets vehicle to the broader counter-PRC legislative cluster, complementing DOJ NSD enforcement-focused efforts by targeting investor exposure to PLA-linked entities. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-20 — Blocking CCP Spy Tech Act of 2026: Blocking CCP Spy Tech Act of 2026 (S4586) adds another Senate vehicle in the broader counter-CCP legislative cluster, sitting alongside DOJ NSD reestablishment efforts by focusing on adversarial surveillance technology. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-20 — Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: cross-connection with stop-prc-economic-espionage-act: HR9789 would channel prosecutions into DOJ National Security Division’s PRC-focused enforcement posture. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-16 — Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026 (S5024) introduced and referred to Senate Judiciary, adding another Senate vehicle in the PRC economic-espionage legislative cluster alongside efforts to reestablish DOJ’s CCP-focused enforcement posture. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-03-25 — United States Research Protection Act: United States Research Protection Act (introduced) tightens the malign foreign talent recruitment definition to explicitly cover PRC-sponsored programs and indirect compensation, complementing DOJ National Security Division efforts to counter CCP-linked academic and IP theft threats. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-03-11 — SHIELD Against CCP Act: cross-connection with shield-against-ccp-act: DHS working group would complement DOJ National Security Division’s CCP-focused enforcement activity, covering the homeland-security side (border, ports, transportation, cyber) of counter-CCP efforts. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-15 — Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act: Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act (introduced) would statutorily reestablish the DOJ National Security Division CCP Initiative to combat CCP-linked espionage, IP/trade-secret theft, technology transfer by nontraditional collectors, critical infrastructure threats, and China-related foreign investment risks, with a six-year sunset. (novelty: 3)
• 2024-09-16 — Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024: HR1398 (118th Congress) would reestablish the terminated DOJ China Initiative as the ‘CCP Initiative’ within the National Security Division to counter Chinese espionage, trade-secret theft, hacking, and threats to U.S. critical infrastructure, with a 6-year sunset and annual congressional reporting; received in Senate and referred to Judiciary on 2024-09-16. (novelty: 3)

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