Sec. 6401. ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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## SEC. 6401 ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ###

(a)Assessment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with such heads of elements of the intelligence community as the Director of National Intelligence considers appropriate, conduct an assessment of the current status of the biotechnology capability of the People’s Republic of China, which shall include how the People’s Republic of China is supporting the biotechnology sector, such as foreign direct investment, subsidies, talent recruitment, or other efforts to gain superiority. ###

(b)Report ####

(1)Definition of appropriate committees of Congress In this subsection, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— #####

(A)the congressional intelligence committees; #####

(B)the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)In general Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Director of National Intelligence completes the assessment required by subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the findings of the assessment. ####

(3)Form The report submitted pursuant to paragraph

(2)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.