Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, 102665-102667 [2024-30203]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 102665-102667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, December 12, 2024

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