; and (vi) the Select Committee on Intelligence. (2) Political influence operations Unless otherwise specified, the term political influence operations means efforts to coerce and corrupt United States interests, institutions, or individuals and foster in the United States attitudes, behavior, decisions, or outcomes favorable to the Chinese Government or Communist Party through coordinated and often concealed application of disinformation, press manipulation, economic coercion, targeted investments, corruption, or academic censorship. 3. Statement of policy (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Chinese Government and Communist Party employ a wide range of political, informational, and economic measures to influence, coerce, intimidate, or undermine United States interests or the interests of United States partners and allies. (2) According to the December 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States of America, [A]lthough the United States seeks to continue to cooperate with China, China is using economic inducements and penalties, influence operations, and implied military threats to persuade other states to heed its political and security agenda. . (3) The political influence operations efforts of the Chinese Government and Communist Party have received less scrutiny than the efforts of the Russian Government, but given China’s economic strength and the growing apparatus being used to spread its influence globally, efforts to promote its authoritarian ideal pose significant and consequential long-term challenges to United States interests and values. (4) The Chinese Government and Communist Party use both overt and covert means to target the political and economic elite, the media and public opinion, civil society and academia, and members of the Chinese diaspora. (5) The Chinese Government and Communist Party employs an array of government entities, friendship and exchange organizations, and government funded foundations, think-tanks, educational and other projects to carry out political