Sec. 30502. Report on United States efforts to engage the People’s Republic of China on nuclear issues and ballistic missile issues
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, and if necessary a separate classified annex, that outlines the approaches and strategies such Secretaries will pursue to engage the Government of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)on arms control and risk reduction, including— areas of potential dialogue between the Governments of the United States and the PRC, including on ballistic, hypersonic glide, and cruise missiles, conventional forces, nuclear, space, and cyberspace issues, as well as other new strategic domains, which could reduce the likelihood of war, limit escalation if a conflict were to occur, and constrain a destabilizing arms race in the Indo-Pacific region; how the United States Government can engage the Government of the PRC in a constructive arms control dialogue; identifying strategic military capabilities of the PRC that the United States Government is most concerned about and how limiting these capabilities may benefit United States and allied security interests; mechanisms to avoid, manage, or control nuclear, conventional, and unconventional military escalation between the United States and the PRC; the personnel and expertise required to effectively engage the PRC in strategic stability and arms control dialogues; and opportunities and methods to encourage transparency from the PRC. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes— a concrete plan for arms control talks with the PRC; if a bilateral arms control dialogue does not arise, what alternative plans the Department of State envisages for ensuring the security of the United States and its allies through international arms control negotiations; effects on the credibility of United States extended deterrence assurances to allies and partners if arms control negotiations do not materialize and the implications for regional security architectures; efforts at engaging the PRC to join arms control talks, whether on a bilateral or international basis; and the interest level of the Government of PRC in joining arms control talks, whether on a bilateral or international basis, including through— a formal invitation to appropriate officials from the PRC, and to each of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, to observe a United States-Russian Federation New START Treaty on-site inspection to demonstrate the security benefits of transparency into strategic nuclear forces; discussions on how to advance international negotiations on the fissile material cut-off; an agreement with the PRC that allows for advance notifications of ballistic missile launches, through the Hague Code of Conduct or other data exchanges or doctrine discussions related to strategic nuclear forces; an agreement not to target or interfere in nuclear command, control, and communications (commonly referred to as NC3 ) infrastructure; or any other cooperative measure that benefits United States-PRC strategic stability. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.