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Bipartisan Effort to Protect American National Security from Communist China

Strategic Insights

— 2 min read

Senator Rick Scott and Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler, thanking him for his efforts to protect American national security from Communist China's aggression. The letter urges the administration to reverse a Biden-era decision to remove the CCP's Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) from the Entity List, which has a proven role in Communist China's surveillance and abuses. This follows the introduction of the Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act, which aims to re-designate the IFS on the Department of Commerce's Entity List.

Key Takeaways:

  • Senator Rick Scott and Chairman John Moolenaar have expressed concern over the Biden administration's decision to remove the CCP's Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) from the Entity List in 2021.
  • The IFS plays a key role in Communist China's surveillance state, enabling mass internment, forced labor, and high-tech oppression through biometric data harvesting and forensic tracking.
  • The Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act, introduced by Senator Scott and Chairman Moolenaar, aims to re-designate the IFS on the Department of Commerce's Entity List and restrict the flow of sensitive American technology to the IFS.
  • The Biden administration's decision to remove the IFS from the Entity List was made in exchange for false promises of cooperation from the CCP on the fentanyl crisis.
  • The IFS continues to be involved in the ongoing genocide and human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
  • Senator Scott and Chairman Moolenaar have urged the administration to work through the End User Review Committee (ERC) to investigate and re-add the IFS to the Entity List.

Statistics:

  • In 2020, President Trump re-designated the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) on the Department of Commerce's Entity List due to its central role in the surveillance, internment, and abuse of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
  • The IFS is responsible for mass internment, forced labor, and high-tech oppression through biometric data harvesting and forensic tracking.
  • The Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act aims to restrict the flow of sensitive American technology to the IFS and prevent it from contributing to Communist China's machinery of oppression and genocide.

Sources:

  • Letter from Senator Rick Scott and Chairman John Moolenaar to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler (no date provided)
  • Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act (no date provided)
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) (no date provided)
  • President Trump's Executive Order 13959 (January 5, 2021)

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