{"id":1851174,"date":"2023-02-17T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851174"},"modified":"2023-02-17T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:22:34","slug":"rick-scott-introduces-5-bills-targeting-ccp-spying-and-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-introduces-5-bills-targeting-ccp-spying-and-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott Introduces 5 Bills Targeting CCP Spying and Aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frick-scott-introduces-5-bills-targeting-ccp-spying-and-aggression%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Senator Rick Scott (Republican from Florida) has introduced a series of new bills that will hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for any actions that could affect U.S. security, including via sanctions and crackingdown on surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>These five bills were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/2023\/2\/sen-rick-scott-announces-legislative-package-to-protect-americans-hold-communist-china-accountable\">introduced<\/a> by the Republican lawmaker on Feb. 16 shortly after a number of objects, including a high-altitude Chinese\u00a0surveillance balloon, were detected in American airspace and were subsequently shot down.<\/p>\n<p>They include the\u00a0\u201cAmerican Security Drone Act\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/services\/files\/12B0E253-1740-4D1C-A35C-8331C0FB8182\">pdf<\/a>) which Scott says will \u201cprotect U.S. national security\u201d by banning the federal government and military from purchasing drones manufactured in countries that are adversaries such as China and have been determined to post a national security risk.<\/p>\n<p>A second bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/services\/files\/8675620B-39F3-4CFD-8CE2-018C1ADED964\">pdf<\/a>) titled\u00a0the \u201cTaiwan Invasion Prevention Act\u201d would grant limited authorization to President Joe Biden to use military force and other measures to\u00a0protect Taiwan from China\u2019s aggression or an armed attack, including if Beijing attempts to seize Taiwan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5032431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/United_States_China_23034365734757-1200x799-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy wp-image-5032431 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/United_States_China_23034365734757-1200x799-1.jpg\" alt=\"United States, China\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5032431 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/United_States_China_23034365734757-1200x799-1.jpg\" alt=\"United States, China\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A high-altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana, on Feb. 1, 2023. The United States is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over American airspace. The Pentagon would not confirm that the balloon in the photo is the surveillance balloon. (Larry Mayer\/The Billings Gazette via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>It would also dictate that no later than 180 days after the bill is enacted, the secretary of defense, in coordination with the secretary of state and the heads of other relevant federal agencies, will convene on an annual basis to discuss with\u00a0Taiwan\u2019s government ways to improve\u00a0security relationships among the United States and other countries in the Western Pacific area, among other things.<\/p>\n<h2>Prosecution for Chinese Spying<\/h2>\n<p>A third bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/services\/files\/C0ADB027-D2AF-4E36-AACB-BE69D64F4669\">pdf<\/a>) would impose \u201cdevastating financial sanctions\u201d on the CCP if it invades or\u00a0blockades Taiwan via sea or air, or attempts to change the status of the self-ruling island via force or \u201ccoercive\u201d actions.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/services\/files\/1768BE99-2A58-4063-BF4B-6736E48661EC\">pdf<\/a>) is aimed at protecting\u00a0America\u2019s innovation and economic security from China by cracking down on spying by the CCP on\u00a0U.S. intellectual property and academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Under the fourth bill, those identified to have engaged in\u00a0trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage will be prosecuted. The bill would also protect critical U.S. infrastructure against such threats from the CCP with regard to\u00a0foreign direct investment\u00a0and \u201csupply chain compromises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A final bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/services\/files\/672509A0-550A-48D6-91A7-21A9270E63D6\">pdf<\/a>), the \u201cNo CCP (Chinese Communist Police) in the United States Act,\u201d is aimed at providing greater\u00a0transparency to American travelers about\u00a0China\u2019s bilateral security agreements and joint police initiatives with other nations.<\/p>\n<p>Under that act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of the FBI, will be required to publish on the\u00a0Department of State website and any other travel alert systems operated by the department, a list of all countries that have such security agreements with the CCP and update that list every six months, so that American travelers going abroad for business or leisure are aware of such agreements.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5050951\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/11\/2023-02-07T160435Z_1_LYNXMPEJ160SW_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BALLOON-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-5050951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-07T160435Z_1_LYNXMPEJ160SW_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BALLOON-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5050951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-07T160435Z_1_LYNXMPEJ160SW_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BALLOON-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that was downed by the United States over the weekend over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Feb. 5, 2023. (U.S. Fleet Forces\/U.S. Navy photo\/Handout via Reuters)<\/figure>\n<h2>Taiwan Finds Remains of Possible CCP Balloon<\/h2>\n<p>The bills come amid increasingly heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the future of Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China maintains is part of its territory.<\/p>\n<p>Those tensions have been further exacerbated in recent weeks after the downing of a Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-spy-balloon\">spy balloon<\/a> over the United States which\u00a0flew over sensitive military sites.<\/p>\n<p>China insists the balloon was\u00a0a\u00a0civilian meteorological balloon that was blown off course due to weather-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s military also said on Feb. 17 that it had discovered the remains of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64672353\">suspected Chinese weather balloon<\/a> that crashed on a remote Taiwanese-controlled island\u00a0near the Chinese coast.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement accompanying the newly-introduced bills, Scott said that the CCP\u2019s recent \u201cdisturbing actions\u201d serve as a reminder that Chinese President\u00a0Xi Jinping will \u201cstop at nothing to exploit Americans and take advantage of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut a Chinese spy balloon is only one of many threats from the Chinese Communist Party as it works toward world domination. We cannot take these threats lightly,\u201d the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to have such strong, bipartisan support from my colleagues and I look forward to fighting this Congress to pass these good bills, hold Communist China accountable, and keep American families safe,\u201d\u00a0Scott added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rick Scott (Republican from Florida) has introduced a series of new bills that will hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for any actions that could affect U.S. security, including via sanctions and crackingdown on surveillance. 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