REPORT ON THREAT POSED BY EMERGING CHINESE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.

SEC. 703. REPORT ON THREAT POSED BY EMERGING CHINESE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. (a) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the threat to the economic and security interests of the United States posed by emerging Chinese technology companies. (b) Matters Included.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the threat to the economic and security interests of the United States posed by emerging Chinese technology companies, including with respect to— (A) the practices of such companies and the relationships of such companies to the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party; (B) the extent to which such companies benefit from government financing or contracting vehicles outside of China; (C) the extent to which such companies facilitate the targeting of dissidents and other vulnerable populations; (D) the market penetration of such companies among allies and strategic partners of the United States; (E) the security of the communications, data, and commercial interests of consumer and commercial end-users of the products of such companies; and (F) the privacy interests of such consumers and commercial end-users. (2) An assessment of the ability of the United States to counter any such threat, including with respect to different tools that could counter such a threat. (c) Form.—The report under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an unclassified executive summary. (d) Definitions.—In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the congressional intelligence committees; (B) the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate; (C) the Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (2) Emerging chinese technology companies.—The term “emerging Chinese technology companies” means a Chinese technology company, including a company listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, that the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis determines poses a significant threat to the national security of the United States.