{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://nunn.house.gov/2023/11/08/nunn-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-combat-critical-chinese-national/", "Nunn Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Critical Chinese National Security Threat", "2023-11-08", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Zachary Nunn", "N000193", "nunn.house.gov", "nunn", "https://nunn.house.gov/category/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today introduced bipartisan legislation to combat China, prevent cyberattacks, and protect U.S. intellectual property. The Creating Legal Accountability for Rogue Innovators and Technology (CLARITY) Act would prohibit the federal government from utilizing blockchain technology developed by China and other foreign adversaries to ensure these countries do not have a backdoor to access critical national security intelligence and Americans\u2019 private information. The bill is co-led by U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (VA-07).\n\n\u201cWithin the next decade, every American will have sensitive, private data stored using blockchain technology. China\u2019s heavy investment in this infrastructure poses a colossal national security and data privacy problem. If we don\u2019t act now, this will be a disaster 1,000 times worse than China\u2019s ownership of TikTok,\u201d said Rep. Nunn. \u201cOur bipartisan bill ensures that the federal government is not giving China a backdoor to access critical national security intelligence and Americans\u2019 private information. We must pass this bill now before it\u2019s too late.\u201d\n\nThe Chinese Communist Party has been investing heavily in the development of new, world-altering technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G, hypersonic weapons, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, cloud computing, and more. Specifically, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that his country should \u201cseize the opportunities\u201d presented by blockchain technology, and China is investing heavily towards that end by developing the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN).\n\nWhile blockchain is currently most known for its affiliation with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, the technology is poised to radically reshape data privacy with broad adoption across cloud storage platforms over the next decade as a way to increase security and decrease costs. U.S. utilization of the BSN, however, would expose information stored on cloud platforms to Chinese surveillance, including social security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, photos, and other sensitive information. On the government level, the vulnerabilities are even more alarming with critical national security information and Americans\u2019 most sensitive data potentially at risk.\n\n\u201cAs a former CIA case officer, I understand that the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s investment in a state-controlled blockchain network poses significant risks to U.S. data security. Xi Jinping has made blockchain a national priority \u2014 as well as maintaining control of the information hosted on their network,\u201d said Rep. Spanberger. \u201cThe United States must have a plan in place to keep U.S. data out of the hands of our adversaries. I\u2019m proud to join Representative Nunn in leading the bipartisan CLARITY Act to maintain a firewall between CCP-owned blockchain and the federal government, counter the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s influence in the global economy, and keep our nation competitive.\u201d\n\nThe CLARITY Act will protect American intellectual property, sensitive data, and national security by ensuring that the federal government takes this threat seriously and acts now with a coordinated response to counter the vulnerability before it\u2019s too late. In short, the bill ensures that the U.S. government is not creating security risks by utilizing technological infrastructure developed by foreign adversaries.\n\nSpecifically, the CLARITY Act would:\n\nPrevent the government from utilizing blockchain network infrastructure, blockchain service providers, and distributed ledger technology developed by China and other foreign adversaries.\n\nDirect the U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence to develop a plan to prevent the risks posed by China\u2019s and other foreign adversaries\u2019 development of these technologies.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://nunn.house.gov/2023/11/08/nunn-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-combat-critical-chinese-national/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3998099602758884, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}