GOP Lawmaker Seeks to Hold DOJ Accountable for Its Efforts Countering Chinese Espionage

Then-Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), (R), calls for session to end as State Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Brookfield) looks on during a contentious legislative session on Dec. 4, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. Andy Manis/Getty Images

A Republican U.S. congressman is proposing that the Department of Justice (DOJ) be held accountable for countering and reporting on threats from the Chinese regime in the aftermath of the Biden administration’s cancellation of the Trump-era China Initiative anti-espionage program.

The China Initiative Accountability Report Act (H.R. 7325), which was introduced by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.), would “direct the Attorney General to prepare a report on the Department of Justice activities related to countering Chinese national security threats, and for other purposes.” He led Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Scott Franklin (R-Fla.) in announcing the effort.