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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2226 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1258

Sec. 1258. Briefing on provision of security assistance by the People’s Republic of China and summary of Department of Defense mitigation activities

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Not later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing that describes the provision of security assistance and training by the People’s Republic of China to foreign military forces for the purpose of achieving the national objectives of the People's Republic of China. As part of the first report submitted under section 1206(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 ; 135 Stat. 1960; 10 U.S.C. 301 note) after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a summary of Department of Defense activities designed to mitigate the provision of security assistance and training referred to in subsection (a), including such activities that— strengthen United States alliances and partnerships with foreign military partners; identify countries or governments to which the People’s Republic of China provides such security assistance or military training; dissuade countries and governments from relying on the People’s Republic of China as a partner for such security assistance and military training; identify any manner in which the United States, or close allies of the United States, may engage with countries and governments to be the preferred partner for security assistance and military training; and improve the ability of the United States Armed Forces to coordinate and operate with allies and partners for purposes of mitigating the provision of security assistance and military training by the People’s Republic of China.
In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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