# 119-s-1625: SHIELD Against CCP Act

119-s-1625, SHIELD Against CCP Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1625
- Congress: 119
- Title: SHIELD Against CCP Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Establishes a new DHS Working Group to coordinate U.S. defenses against threats tied to the Chinese Communist Party.** The group would focus on terrorism, cybersecurity, border and transportation risks and how those threats exploit immigration, trade, drug trafficking, and illicit finance. - Creates a Director who reports to the Secretary and requires dedicated staff, including at least one employee for privacy law compliance. The group would be stood up within 180 days and can accept detailees from other federal agencies. - Reviews DHS efforts in four domains: immigration exploitation, predatory economic and trade practices including forced labor, trafficking of fentanyl and drug precursors, and illicit financial activity by Chinese money laundering organizations. - Must account for program resources, identify policy and process gaps, and avoid duplicating existing DHS work. It requires annual assessments for five years with unclassified reports posted publicly and it sunsets after seven years. - Coordinates threat information with federal, state, local, and tribal partners and the National Network of Fusion Centers and disseminates findings back to those partners. - Adds oversight and technology steps by requiring a Comptroller General review within one year and directing DHS leaders to pursue research, development, and operational testing of technologies within one year.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- DHS threat assessments, sharing, and testing: benefit, high. This bill would make the Working Group examine many CCP-related threats. That includes misuse of immigration processes (identity theft, visa fraud, unlawful border crossings, smuggling, trafficking). It would cover counterfeit and pirated goods, forced labor, customs fraud, and intellectual propert…
- New DHS working group and staff: benefit, high. This bill would require DHS to create a Working Group on threats tied to the Chinese Communist Party within 180 days. The Secretary would appoint a Director who reports to the Secretary. DHS would have to provide enough staff and at least one employee focused on privacy law compliance. The Working…
- GAO review of Working Group: benefit, low. This bill would require the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress within one year on how the Working Group was implemented. The report would assess whether the new requirements were carried out.

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- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-545: Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1625 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1625)

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- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1625 (as of 2025-12-21).