# 119-s-1623: Countering Corrupt Political (CCP) Influence Act

119-s-1623, Countering Corrupt Political (CCP) Influence Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1623
- Congress: 119
- Title: Countering Corrupt Political (CCP) Influence Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a reciprocal transparency regime requiring certain foreign governments to notify the U.S. about official meetings with state and local officials and official visits to U.S. educational and research institutions.** - State and local officials and colleges or research centers will get advance notice. Foreign missions must tell the State Department at least 96 hours ahead and include the date, location, participating officials, and the visit or meeting purpose. - The notification duty covers all members of a covered country's U.S. foreign mission, members of its permanent U.N. mission, and officials traveling to the U.S. for official business. Covered countries named are China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Afghanistan while under Taliban control. - The Secretary of State must send monthly reports to specified congressional committees. Within four years and six months several agencies will produce a joint unclassified threat assessment with recommendations about U.S. diplomats, and the reporting rules sunset after five years.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Joint threat reports on covered countries: benefit, low. This bill would require the Secretary of State, DNI, Defense, Attorney General, Treasury, and Homeland Security to jointly submit a threat assessment for each covered country. The report would be unclassified with an optional classified annex and must be delivered not later than 4 years and 6 month…
- New notice rules for foreign visits: benefit, low. This bill would require the State Department to make listed foreign missions give at least 96 hours notice before meetings with U.S. state or local officials or official visits to U.S. colleges or research centers. Notices would list the date, location, names of foreign participants, and the purpos…

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- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-2936: Stop ANTIFA Act of 2025
- 119-s-275: Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1623 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1623)

## Related
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- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-2936: Stop ANTIFA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2936)
- [119-s-275: Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS)…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-275)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1623 (as of 2025-12-21).