Sec. 1275. ANNUAL UPDATE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION REPORT

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## SEC. 1275 ANNUAL UPDATE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION REPORT ###

(a)In General The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on an annual basis a report setting forth an update of the most current Department of Defense Freedom of Navigation Report under the Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) program. The purpose of each report shall be to document the types and locations of excessive claims that the Armed Forces of the United States have challenged in the previous year in order to preserve the rights, freedoms, and uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all countries by international law or have not been so challenged. ###

(b)Elements Each report under this section shall include, for the year covered by such report, the following: ####

(1)Each excessive maritime claim challenged by the United States under the program referred to in subsection (a), including the number of maritime and overflight challenges to each such claim and the country making each such claim. ####

(2)The nature of each claim, including the geographic location or area covered by such claim (including the body of water and island grouping, when applicable). ####

(3)The specific legal challenge asserted through the program. ####

(4)For each country identified under paragraph (1), the types of any excessive maritime claims by such country that have not been challenged by the United States under the program referred to in subsection (a). ####

(5)A list of each country, other than a country identified under paragraph (1), making excessive maritime claims that have been protested by the United States but have not been challenged by the United States under the program referred to in subsection

(a)and the types and natures of such claims. ####

(6)A summary of each excessive maritime claim challenged jointly with international partners and allies. ###

(c)Form Each report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form and made publicly available. ###

(d)Sunset No report is required under this section after December 31, 2025.