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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4350 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1255

Sec. 1255. Modification of annual report on military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China

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Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 ( 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: An assessment of China’s military expansion into the Pacific Islands region, including an assessment of China’s— strategic interests in the region; exchanges of senior defense officials; diplomatic and military engagements; offers of military education and training in China; development of Chinese language and culture centers; financial assistance for infrastructure development, including through the Belt and Road Initiative; investment in ports or wharfs, including identification of those ports with the capacity to service Chinese naval vessels; military assistance, including financial aid, donations of military equipment, and offers of military training; and military bases in the region or plans to pursue a more formalized military presence in the region.
In this paragraph, the term Pacific Island region includes the Republic of Fiji, the Republic Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, the Republic of Palau, the Independent State of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Vanuatu. .
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