Sec. 608. Report on China Coast Guard
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In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives . Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the China Coast Guard (referred to in this section as the CCG ).
The report required under subsection
(b)shall— describe recent changes in the CCG’s command structure, including— its control under the Central Military Commission’s chain of command; and whether such changes undermine the CCG’s claim that it should be treated as a law enforcement entity; assess the implications of the new command structure of the CCG with respect to its role as a coercive tool in gray zone activity in the East China Sea and in the South China Sea; assess how changes in the command structure of the CCG may affect interactions between the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard with the CCG; assess the implications for the United States and regional allies of the Coast Guard Law of the People's Republic of China, which went into effect on February 1, 2021; and assess whether the CCG should be considered a military force rather than a civilian law enforcement entity, and the implications of such an assessment on United States policy. The report required under subsection
(b)shall be unclassified, but may include a classified annex.