SHIELD Against CCP Act

Key Points

• The bill requires DHS to create a working group within 180 days to study and counter terrorist, cybersecurity, border, port, and transportation security threats linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
• The group will look into how the immigration system is exploited through identity theft, visa fraud, unlawful border crossings, human smuggling, and trafficking.
• It also targets predatory trade practices such as counterfeit goods, forced labor, customs fraud, and theft of intellectual property.
• A major focus is stopping fentanyl and drug precursor trafficking through the border, mail, and express shipping, along with related money laundering.
• DHS must share threat information with state, local, Tribal, and territorial partners and post annual unclassified reports to Congress and the public for five years.
• The bill requires investigations to respect constitutional and privacy protections and bars any infringement on free speech, and the working group automatically ends after seven years.