{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-9668","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 9668","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"SHIELD Against CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"SHIELD Against CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"SHIELD Against CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"SHIELD Against CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"SHIELD Against CCP Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-09-18","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-12-10","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h498","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"SHIELD Against CCP Act","result":"Passed","yea":409,"nay":4,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll498.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2024-12-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-09-18","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act or the SHIELD Against CCP Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a working group to assess and improve efforts to address security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The threats to be addressed are terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats."},{"k":"p","t":"The working group must examine and report on DHS efforts to counter such threats from the CCP and identify gaps in DHS activities to respond to these threats. The working group must account for the DHS resources dedicated to countering such threats, build upon existing evaluations, and avoid unnecessary duplication. The bill requires DHS to provide Congress with annual reports and briefings on the activities of the working group."},{"k":"p","t":"Further, the bill directs DHS to research and develop technologies and techniques for enhancing DHS's security and situational awareness relating to the threats posed by the CCP."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the bill's implementation."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill’s provisions sunset seven years after the date of the working group’s establishment."}],"words":193},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a working group in the Department of Homeland Security to counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}]},"core_areas":["Department of Homeland Security working group on Chinese Communist Party threats","Reports and briefings to congressional committees","Information sharing with Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners and fusion centers","Department of Homeland Security research and development on security technologies"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the Working Group in the Department not later than 180 days after enactment, headed by a Director the Secretary appoints.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}},{"text":"Directs the Working Group to examine, assess, and report on Department efforts to counter these threats, account for Department resources dedicated to such programs, and identify gaps in Department policies, processes, and activities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}},{"text":"Directs the Working Group to review information on these threats gathered by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial partners and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and to ensure such information is disseminated to those partners.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit an assessment of these threats to the appropriate congressional committees 180 days after enactment and annually thereafter for five years, followed by a briefing within 30 days of each submission.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}},{"text":"Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the appropriate congressional committees on implementation within one year after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}},{"text":"Requires the Working Group's activities to follow applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections, and terminates the Working Group seven years after its establishment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh#HFC3B1FC6C5A4495CB74F395BA3224E01"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-12-10","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-9668.png","v":"cba69f990086","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 9668, 118th Congress: Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend against the CCP Act. House: 409 Yea, 4 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 10 Dec 2024."}}