Sec. 1255. Quarterly report on freedom of navigation operations
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Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on any excessive territorial claims of foreign countries that were challenged by freedom of navigation operations and flights carried out by the armed forces during such fiscal quarter. The report under subsection
(a)shall include, with respect to each operation described in such subsection, the following: The date of the operation. The class of ship or type of aircraft that conducted the operation. The geographic location of the operation. Identification of the foreign country that made the excessive territorial claim challenged by the operation. A description of the excessive territorial claim that was challenged by the operation. This section shall terminate on September 30, 2018. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 130h the following new item: 130i. Quarterly report on freedom of navigation operations. . The amendments made by subsections
(a)and
(b)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to fiscal quarters beginning after such date.