Sec. 13. Reports

436 words·~2 min read·/bill/115/hr/7384/ih/section-13

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and make available to the public a report— describing the nature and specifications of software or hardware technologies, including relating to predictive policing and large-scale data collection and analysis, used by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to enable or otherwise facilitate mass arbitrary detentions of Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; and to the extent practicable, identifying the companies or other entities that substantially participated in the design, manufacturing, or deployment of such technologies.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and make available to the public a report describing efforts of the People’s Republic of China to establish a social credit system, including information regarding— human rights concerns and implications of such system, including with respect to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; the ability of such system to harm or otherwise impact the geopolitical or economic interests of the United States, including the potential use of such system as a means to disfavor persons who affiliate with the United States Government, purchase from or establish commercial ties with entities based within or having a substantial presence within the United States, or engage in speech or publication activities, including commercial speech or publication activities, which the Government of the People’s Republic of China is reasonably likely to seek to constrain; the strategic and political considerations informing the decision of the People’s Republic of China to pursue development of such system; the extent to which such system may make use of United States technologies or contain personal information relating to United States persons or entities; and such other additional matters relating to such system that the Secretary of State determines appropriate, particularly with respect to use and deployment in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of such system.

The reports required by subsections

(a)and

(b)shall be submitted and made available in unclassified form, but either or both of such reports, or any separate components thereof, may contain or be included in, as the case may be, classified annexes if such is determined appropriate.