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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 · Sec. 1260

Sec. 1260. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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## SEC. 1260 MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— ####
(1)by redesignating paragraphs
(6)through
(16)and
(17)through
(23)as paragraphs
(7)through
(17)and
(19)through (25), respectively; ####
(2)by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following new paragraph (6): > > #### “(6) > > China’s overseas military basing and logistics infrastructure.” > ; ####
(3)in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking “including technology transfers and espionage” in the first sentence and inserting “including by espionage and technology transfers through investment, industrial espionage, cybertheft, academia, and other means”; ####
(4)by inserting after paragraph (17), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph (18): > > #### “(18) > > An assessment of relations between China and the Russian Federation with respect to security and military matters.” > ; and ####
(5)by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: > > #### “(26) > > The relationship between Chinese overseas investment, including initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative, and Chinese security and military strategy objectives. > > > #### “(27) > > Efforts by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to influence the media, cultural institutions, business, and academic and policy communities of the United States to be more favorable to its security and military strategy and objectives. > > > #### “(28) > > Efforts by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to use nonmilitary tools in other countries, including diplomacy and political coercion, information operations, and economic pressure, including predatory lending practices, to support its security and military objectives.” > .
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