§3369d Committee to Counter Active Measures by the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or Other Nation State to Exert Covert Influence Over Peoples and Governments

Summary

Creates an interagency committee in the executive branch to fight secret influence campaigns by the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or any other nation state. “Secret influence” means actions done with those states’ leaders or security services but hidden from the public, such as fake front groups, covert broadcasts, media manipulation, false information, paying influencers, incitement, assassinations, and terrorist acts. The congressional oversight groups named are the congressional intelligence committees and the Armed Services and foreign affairs committees in both the Senate and the House. Each listed agency head must appoint one member to the committee from officials who are presidential appointees confirmed by the Senate. The listed officials include the Director of National Intelligence; the Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, and Energy; the Attorney General; the FBI Director; and any other agency head the President names. The committee must meet regularly, can hire needed staff, and must expose falsehoods, agents of influence, corruption, human rights abuses, terrorism, and assassinations tied to those states or their proxies, plus any other duties the President gives it. Money for the committee can be requested in the President’s annual budget under section 1105(a) of title 31.