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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2810 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1282

Sec. 1282. Report by Defense Intelligence Agency on certain military capabilities of China and Russia

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The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the appropriate congressional committees a report on the military capabilities of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation. The report under subsection
(a)shall include, with respect to the military of China and the military of Russia, the following: An update on the presence, status, and capability of the military with respect to any national training centers similar to the Combat Training Center Program of the United States. An analysis of a readiness deployment cycle of the military, including— as compared to such a cycle of the United States; and an identification of metrics used in the national training centers of that military. A comprehensive investigation into the capability and readiness of the mechanized logistics of the army of the military, including— an analysis of field maintenance, sustainment maintenance, movement control, intermodal operations, and supply; and how such functions under subparagraph
(A)interact with specific echelons of that military. An assessment of the future of mechanized army logistics of that military. The Defense Intelligence Agency may make use of or add to any existing reports completed by the Agency in order to respond to the reporting requirement. The report under subsection
(a)may be submitted in classified form. The Director shall provide a briefing to the Secretary and the committees specified in subsection
(a)on the report under such subsection. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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