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119-hr-8760119th Congress

Designating the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Organized Crime Group Act

Sponsored By: Representative Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]

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Summary

Designates the Chinese Communist Party as a transnational organized crime group for U.S. law enforcement. The bill would add a new federal racketeering provision, require targeted reporting to Congress, extend prosecution windows, and remove certain legal immunities for CCP entities.

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  • U.S. prosecutors and the FBI: Would be required to treat the CCP as a transnational organized crime group and a top international criminal organization, enabling use of federal racketeering tools and extending the prosecution window up to 15 years for CCP-related racketeering.
  • Chinese Communist Party entities: Would lose specified foreign‑state legal protections during racketeering investigations or if charged, exposing agencies or instrumentalities to civil and criminal actions.
  • Congress and oversight committees: Would receive a report within 90 days after enactment on the number and scope of racketeering activities tied to the CCP and on recommended penalties under the federal racketeering statutes.

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Designate Chinese Communist Party as Organized Crime

If enacted, the Attorney General would be required to designate the Chinese Communist Party as a transnational organized crime group. The FBI Director would be required to list the Party as a top international criminal organization for the Department of Justice. Within 90 days of enactment, the Attorney General would have to report to four congressional committees (House Foreign Affairs; House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Senate Foreign Relations; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence) on the number and extent of racketeering the Party committed or aided and on recommended penalties. The bill would also let prosecutors bring racketeering cases tied to the Party up to 15 years after the conduct and would remove certain foreign-state immunity for the Party during racketeering investigations or if it is charged.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]

PA • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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