Sponsor
Scott Perry
Representative · R-PA
Representative · R-PA
The bill gives U.S. law enforcement and policymakers stronger legal tools and a clearer policy stance to go after CCP-linked crime, IP theft, and human-rights abuses—potentially improving national security and protecting businesses—but does so at material risk of diplomatic retaliation, higher costs, legal and civil‑liberties challenges, and strains on international cooperation.
Law enforcement and prosecutors (DOJ/FBI/federal prosecutors) gain new authorities and coordinated priorities—including formal prioritization, RICO treatment of CCP-linked activity, and expanded investigative scope—making it easier to pursue complex transnational criminal schemes tied to the CCP.
U.S. policymakers have clearer legal and factual grounds to deploy economic and legal tools (sanctions, export controls, asset freezes, mutual legal assistance) against PRC actors involved in IP theft, forced technology transfer, or illicit networks, which can protect U.S. businesses and jobs.
The bill's findings spotlight PRC human-rights abuses (Uyghurs, Hong Kong repression), strengthening diplomatic and legal bases for asylum decisions, visa restrictions, and human-rights-based sanctions.
Labeling and targeting CCP-linked actors at the statutory level significantly raises the risk of major diplomatic retaliation and trade disruption from China, which could increase prices, disrupt supply chains, and affect many American consumers and businesses.
Treating the CCP as a prosecutable criminal enterprise/RICO defendant and removing some foreign-state protections risks complicating diplomacy, exposing Americans and U.S. entities abroad to reciprocal measures, and harming consular or law‑enforcement cooperation.
Provisions (and strong findings) could be used to justify expanded surveillance, counterintelligence, or broad compliance costs that impinge on civil liberties and privacy—affecting tech workers, financial firms, and individuals—especially if sweeping authorities are applied aggressively.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Designates the CCP as a transnational organized crime group and enables RICO prosecutions, extends limitations to 15 years, and removes certain foreign‑state liability protections.
Official title: To designate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a transnational organized crime group.
Introduced May 12, 2026 by Scott Perry · Last progress May 12, 2026
Designates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) immediately, upon enactment, as a transnational organized crime group and a top international criminal organization for Department of Justice purposes, and creates a new statutory pathway to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) laws against the CCP. The bill requires a DOJ report within 90 days about alleged racketeering activity, extends the statute of limitations for CCP-related racketeering prosecutions to 15 years, and removes certain foreign-state liability protections so RICO investigations and prosecutions can proceed against the CCP. The measure changes legal classification and prosecutorial tools rather than creating new funding programs. It directs immediate agency designations, creates a new Title 18 provision enabling RICO actions targeting the CCP, and imposes reporting, evidentiary, and limitations-rule changes to facilitate criminal investigations and civil remedies against the CCP as an organization.