Sec. 271. Assessment of political, economic, and security activity of the People’s Republic of China in Africa
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In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that assesses the nature and impact of Chinese political, economic, and security sector activity in Africa, and its impact on United States strategic interests, including— the amount and impact of direct investment, loans, development financing, oil-for-loans deals, and other preferential trading arrangements; the involvement of Chinese state-owned enterprises in Africa; the amount of African debt held by the People’s Republic of China; the involvement of Chinese private security, technology and media companies in Africa; the scale and impact of Chinese arms sales to African countries; the methods, tools, and tactics used to facilitate illegal and corrupt activity, including trade in counterfeit and illicit goods, to include smuggled extractive resources and wildlife products, from Africa to China; the methods and techniques that China uses to exert undue influence on African governments and facilitate corrupt activity in Africa, and to influence African multilateral organizations; and an analysis of the soft power, cultural and educational activities undertaken by the PRC and CCP to seek to expand influence in Africa.