Sec. 209. Reporting on the Belt and Road Initiative after onset of the COVID–19 pandemic
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report on the Government of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The report required by subsection
(a)shall assess the following: The implications of COVID–19 on the Government of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI)with respect to any agreements made with BRI contracted countries on debt restructuring, debt sustainability, or debt forgiveness. The failure of the BRI of the People’s Republic of China to meet international standards with respect to the following: The sovereignty of the countries in which infrastructure investments are made. Anti-corruption. Rule of law. Human rights. Fiscal and debt sustainability. Environmental and energy standards. Labor. Transparency. Greenhouse gas emissions reduction and climate change. The links between the BRI and the following: The exportation by the Government of China of mass surveillance techniques and technologies. The attempts of the Government of China to suppress information about and misrepresent reporting of its human rights abuses of Uyghurs in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Whether any projects being carried out under the BRI present the potential for United States engagement, with the support of the Asian Development Bank, to leverage existing contracts into sustainable infrastructure investments. Whether any such projects meet the international standards described in paragraph (2). In the case of projects described in paragraph
(4)that fail to meet the international standards described in paragraph (2), whether such failures could be mitigated through support by the United States. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall create a regularly updated website disclosing and assessing the implications of the BRI of the People’s Republic of China as described in subsection (b). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a classified report on the BRI, which shall assess the following: Whether the BRI is achieving the objectives of the Government of China. How the BRI is managed and controlled. How the BRI is evolving over time.