REPORT ON UNITED FRONT WORK DEPARTMENT.

SEC. 1260G. REPORT ON UNITED FRONT WORK DEPARTMENT. (a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the head of each relevant Federal department and agency, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, an unclassified report, which may include a classified annex, on the national security risks posed by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party and affiliated organizations in the United States and abroad that includes each of the following: (1) A description of the extent to which the activities of the United Front Work Department poses a threat to the national defense and national security of the United States. (2) An evaluation of how the United Front Work Department’s overseas activities support the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy and goals abroad. (3) A description of known United Front Work Department political influence operations. (4) The strategy and capabilities of the United States Government to detect, deter, counter, and disrupt United Front Work Department influence operations and activities in the United States and other countries, consistent with the protection of the civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy of all Americans; and (5) An evaluation of the actions the United States Government should consider in response to the activities of the United Front Work Department in the United States and other countries. (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.