This bill would designate the Chinese Communist Party as a transnational organized crime group under U.S. law. The Attorney General would be required to make this formal designation upon the bill's enactment, and the FBI Director would add the CCP to the Department of Justice's list of top international criminal organizations. The bill also amends federal racketeering law to allow prosecution of the CCP for alleged criminal activities, extending the statute of limitations to 15 years and removing sovereign immunity protections that normally apply to foreign governments. Within 90 days of enactment, the Attorney General must report to Congress on the extent of alleged racketeering activities by the CCP and recommend penalties. The bill's findings cite concerns about human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, fentanyl trafficking, alleged intellectual property theft, COVID-19 handling, and forced organ harvesting as justifications for the designation.
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