SHIELD Against CCP Act

New DHS group to counter China threats

If enacted, the Department of Homeland Security would create a Working Group within 180 days. The Secretary would appoint a Director and staff the group. The group must include at least one privacy-compliance employee and may take detailees from other agencies. It would examine and coordinate DHS efforts on terrorism, cybersecurity, border and port security, transportation security, immigration-system exploitation, predatory trade practices, drug trafficking links, and illicit finance. The group would publish an unclassified assessment within 180 days and then annually for five years, with a classified annex if needed, and brief Congress within 30 days of each report. The Comptroller General would review implementation and the Secretary would pursue related research and testing within one year, to the extent practicable.