Sec. 1261. UNITED STATES STRATEGY ON CHINA
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## SEC. 1261 UNITED STATES STRATEGY ON CHINA ###
(a)Statement of Policy Congress declares that long-term strategic competition with China is a principal priority for the United States that requires the integration of multiple elements of national power, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, law enforcement, and military elements, to protect and strengthen national security. ###
(b)Strategy Required ####
(1)In general Not later than March 1, 2019, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing a whole-of-government strategy with respect to the People’s Republic of China. ####
(2)Elements of strategy The strategy required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)Strategic assessments of and planned responses to address the following activities by the Chinese Communist Party: ######
(i)The use of political influence, information operations, censorship, and propaganda to undermine democratic institutions and processes, and the freedoms of speech, expression, press, and academic thought. ######
(ii)The use of intelligence networks to exploit open research and development. ######
(iii)The use of economic tools, including market access and investment to gain access to sensitive United States industries. ######
(iv)Malicious cyber activities. ######
(v)The use of investment, infrastructure, and development projects, such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative, in Africa, Europe, Central Asia, South America, and the Indo-Pacific region, and the Polar Silk Road in the Arctic, as a means to gain access and influence. ######
(vi)The use of military activities, capabilities, and defense installations, and hybrid warfare methods, short of traditional armed conflict, against the United States or its allies and partners. #####
(B)Available or planned methods to enhance strategic communication to counter Chinese influence and promote United States interests. #####
(C)An identification of the key diplomatic, development, intelligence, military, and economic resources necessary to implement the strategy. #####
(D)A plan to maximize the coordination and effectiveness of such resources to counter the threats posed by the activities described in subparagraph (A). #####
(E)Available or planned interagency mechanisms for the coordination and implementation of the strategy. ####
(3)Form The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ####
(4)Annual budget submission The President shall ensure that the annual budget submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, clearly highlights the programs and projects proposed to be funded that relate to the strategy required by paragraph (1). ####
(5)Appropriate congressional committees In this section, the term “appropriage congressional committees” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.