Presidential Document2024-30203
Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group
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December 17, 2024
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December 12, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30203]
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Vol. 89
Tuesday,
No. 242
December 17, 2024
Part X
The President
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Memorandum of December 12, 2024--Establishment of the China Censorship
Monitor and Action Group
Memorandum of December 12, 2024--Establishment of the Countering
Economic Coercion Task Force
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Memorandum of December 12, 2024
Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and
Action Group
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and to monitor and address the effects of any
efforts by the People's Republic of China (PRC), either
directly or through proxies, to censor or intimidate
any United States person, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1. Policy. Consistent with section 5515(b) of
the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263, 22 U.S.C.
3363(b)) (the ``Act''), I am directing the Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs and the
Director of the National Economic Council to lead an
interagency effort to oversee the development and
execution of an integrated Federal Government strategy
to monitor and address the effects of any efforts by
the PRC to censor or intimidate, in the United States
or in any of its possessions or territories, any United
States person, including a United States company that
conducts business in the PRC, exercising its freedom of
speech.
Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established within the
Executive Office of the President the China Censorship
Monitor and Action Group (Task Force).
Sec. 3. Membership. (a) The Task Force shall be chaired
by the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, or his or her designee, and vice-chaired by
the Director of the National Economic Council, or his
or her designee.
(b) In addition to the Chair and the Vice Chair,
the Task Force shall consist of representatives from
the following executive departments and agencies
(agencies), the heads of which shall designate or
appoint personnel at the level of Assistant Secretary
or above to participate in the Task Force:
(i) the Department of State;
(ii) the Department of the Treasury;
(iii) the Department of Defense;
(iv) the Department of Justice;
(v) the Department of Agriculture;
(vi) the Department of Commerce;
(vii) the Department of Education;
(viii) the Department of Homeland Security;
(ix) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
(x) the Office of the United States Trade Representative;
(xi) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(xii) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
(xiii) other agencies and offices as the President may, from time to time,
designate.
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Sec. 4. Mission and Function. The Task Force shall meet
not less frequently than twice per year to oversee the
development and execution of the integrated Federal
Government strategy described in section 5515(b)(3)(A)
of the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(b)(3)(A)). That strategy
shall reflect the collective views of the members of
the Task Force and shall be informed by consultations
with agencies and independent agencies that are not
represented on the Task Force; relevant stakeholders in
the private sector and the media; and relevant
stakeholders among foreign allies and partners of the
United States.
Sec. 5. Annual Report of the Task Force. (a) Within 120
days of the date of this memorandum, the Task Force
shall submit to the President and the appropriate
congressional committees, as defined in section
5515(a)(1) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(a)(1)), the
strategy described in section 5515(b)(3)(A) of the Act.
(b) Within 180 days of the date of this memorandum,
the Task Force shall submit to the President and the
appropriate congressional committees, and make publicly
available to the extent consistent with national
security and other executive branch confidentiality
interests, the first annual report described in section
5515(b)(6)(A)-(B) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 3363(b)(6)).
(c) Within 1 year of submitting the first annual
report described in subsection (b) of this section, and
every year thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to
the President and the appropriate congressional
committees, and make publicly available to the extent
consistent with national security and other executive
branch confidentiality interests, the required follow-
on annual reports described in section 5515(b)(6)(A)-
(B) of the Act, until the requirement terminates as
specified in section 5515(d) of the Act (22 U.S.C.
3363(d)).
Sec. 6. Definition. For purposes of this memorandum,
the term ``United States person'' shall have the
meaning provided in section 5515(a)(3) of the Act (22
U.S.C. 3363(a)(3)).
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent
with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
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(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
(d) The Attorney General is authorized and directed
to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
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[FR Doc. 2024-30203
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