Sec. 236. Reporting on countries purchasing arms from the People's Republic of China
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying countries which have in the prior two years acquired defense articles and any defense goods or services provided by grant, loan, or by other means of provision from the People’s Republic of China. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Intelligence Agency shall provide an interim briefing on the report required under paragraph
(1)to the appropriate congressional committees. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include— a determination of countries that have purchased Chinese-origin defense articles and any defense goods or services provided by grant, loan, or by other means of provision, and whether such purchases have increased over the previous year; a determination of which countries have provided Chinese-origin defense articles and any defense goods or services provided by grant, loan, or by other means of provision to non-state actors; a determination of whether the use of Chinese defense articles and any defense goods or services provided by other means by purchasing countries or non-state entities have been used in conflict, and if this has resulted in civilian casualties and, if so, an assessment of whether such casualties are the result of deliberate targeting; the types, quantities, purchase price or grant or leased value, and general capabilities of such defense articles, and when such articles have been or will be delivered to such country, as well as any concessions by the Government of China in terms of permitting in-country manufacturing, concessional financing, or other incentives, concessions, or cooperative measures associated with such sales; and a technical assessment of such defense articles, including the strengths, weaknesses, and reliability of the defense articles compared to comparable United States defense articles. The report required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex as necessary. In this section, the term defense articles means the following items: Rockets, space launch vehicles, missiles, bombs (including equipment to enable precision guidance), and torpedoes. Armored combat ground vehicles, including ground vehicles and trailers that are armed or are specially designed to be used as a firing or launch platform to deliver munitions or otherwise destroy or incapacitate targets, excluding any unarmed ground vehicles. Aircraft, whether manned, unmanned, remotely piloted, or optionally piloted, as follows: Bombers. Fighters, fighter/bombers, and fixed-wing attack aircraft. Turbofan or turbojet powered trainers used to train pilots for fighter, attack, or bomber aircraft. Attack helicopters. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Aircraft specially designed to incorporate a defense article for the purpose of performing an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance function. Aircraft specially designed to incorporate a defense article for the purpose of performing an electronic warfare function, airborne warning and control aircraft, or aircraft specially designed to incorporate a defense article for the purpose of performing a command, control, and communication function. Naval vessels, such as warships and other combatant vessels (battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, cruisers, corvettes, littoral combat ships, mine sweepers, mine hunters, mine countermeasure ships, dock landing ships, amphibious assault ships), Coast Guard vessels, or vessels specially designed or easily converted to provide functions equivalent to such vessels. Submarines, submersibles and semi-submersibles.