50 U.S.C. § 3240 — Report on best practices to protect privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Chinese Americans
submitted 79 years ago by Pub. L. 116-92 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 303 words · no verdicts yet
Congress states that Chinese Americans should be protected from stereotyping and racial profiling while the United States addresses China’s intelligence activities. The Director must annually report on how China-focused intelligence policies affect their privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights and recommend protections.
(a) Sense of Congress. Congress states that (1) China appears to target the Chinese-American community for intelligence* purposes; (2) this creates a substantial risk that Chinese Americans will generally be viewed as disloyal and face unacceptable stereotyping, targeting, and racial profiling; (3) the U.S. Government must warn and protect all Americans, including those of Chinese descent, from these efforts; (4) broad stereotyping, targeting, and racial profiling conflicts with U.S. values and reinforces China’s flawed claim that ethnic Chinese people worldwide must support China; and (5) U.S. efforts against China’s intelligence activities should actively protect and promote the constitutional rights of all Chinese Americans.
(b) Report. Each year, the Director of National Intelligence, through the Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency and coordinating with intelligence-community civil-liberties and privacy officers, must send the intelligence committees a report containing (1) a review of how China-focused intelligence policies, procedures, and practices affect policies concerning the privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Chinese Americans who may be targets of Chinese espionage or influence operations; and (2) recommendations to sufficiently protect those rights.
(c) Form. The report must be unclassified but may include a classified annex.
It is the sense of Congress that—
the People’s Republic of China appears to be specifically targeting the Chinese-American community for intelligence* purposes;
such targeting carries a substantial risk that the loyalty of such Americans may be generally questioned and lead to unacceptable stereotyping, targeting, and racial profiling;
the United States Government has a duty to warn and protect all Americans including those of Chinese descent from these intelligence efforts by the People’s Republic of China;
the broad stereotyping, targeting, and racial profiling of Americans of Chinese descent is contrary to the values of the United States and reinforces the flawed narrative perpetuated by the People’s Republic of China that ethnically Chinese individuals worldwide have a duty to support the People’s Republic of China; and
the United States efforts to combat the People’s Republic of China’s intelligence activities should actively safeguard and promote the constitutional rights of all Chinese Americans.
On an annual basis, the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency, in coordination with the civil liberties and privacy officers of the elements of the intelligence community*, shall submit a report to the congressional intelligence committees* containing—
a review of how the policies, procedures, and practices of the intelligence community that govern the intelligence activities and operations targeting the People’s Republic of China affect policies, procedures, and practices relating to the privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Americans of Chinese descent who may be targets of espionage and influence operations by China; and
recommendations to ensure that the privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Americans of Chinese descent are sufficiently protected.
The report under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Source credit: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title XI, § 1110, formerly Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LVII, § 5712, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2171; renumbered § 1110 of act July 26, 1947, and amended Pub. L. 116–260, div. W, title VI, § 620(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2401.)
- 1947Enacted · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 2171
- 1947Amended · Pub. L. 116-260 · 134 Stat. 2401
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