Sec. 1262. REPORT ON MILITARY AND COERCIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
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## SEC. 1262 REPORT ON MILITARY AND COERCIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN SOUTH CHINA SEA **[**[10 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t10/s113)**]** ###
(a)In General Except as provided in subsection (d), immediately after the commencement of any significant reclamation, assertion of an excessive territorial claim, or militarization activity by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea, including any significant military deployment or operation or infrastructure construction, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and release to the public, a report on the military and coercive activities of China in the South China Sea in connection with such activity. ###
(b)Elements of Report to Public Each report on the commencement of a significant reclamation, an assertion of an excessive territorial claim, or a militarization activity under subsection
(a)shall include a short narrative on, and one or more corresponding images of, such commencement of a significant reclamation, assertion of an excessive territorial claim, or militarization activity. ###
(c)Form ####
(1)Submission to congress Any report under subsection
(a)that is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ####
(2)Release to public If a report under subsection
(a)is released to the public, such report shall be so released in unclassified form. ###
(d)Waiver ####
(1)Release of report to public The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection
(a)for the release to the public of a report on the commencement of any significant reclamation, an assertion of an excessive territorial claim, or a militarization activity by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea if the Secretary determines that the release to the public of a report on such activity under that subsection in the form required by subsection (c)(2) would have an adverse effect on the national security interests of the United States. ####
(2)Notice to congress If the Secretary issues a waiver under paragraph
(1)with respect to a report on an activity, not later than 48 hours after the Secretary issues such waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees written notice of, and justification for, such waiver. ###
(e)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####
(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####
(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Sec. 1262
REPORT ON MILITARY AND COERCIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
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