S.Amdt. 2540

SA 2540. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1250. REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH UNITED STATES AND UNITED
NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL NUCLEAR- AND MISSILE-
RELATED SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA.

(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a review of the assessment of the
Department of the Treasury and the Department of State of the
compliance of the People's Republic of China with nuclear-
and missile-related sanctions imposed by the United States
and the United Nations Security Council with respect to North
Korea.
(b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a) shall
include the following, for the period beginning on January 1,
2016, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act:
(1) A description of the key economic and trade
relationships between the People's Republic of China and
North Korea.
(2) An examination of the assessment of the Department of
the Treasury and the Department of State of the compliance of
the People's Republic of China with sanctions described in
subsection (a), including during the period in 2018 during
which the United States and North Korea conducted
negotiations relating to the nuclear program of North Korea.
(3) An analysis of the efforts of the United States to
obtain the compliance of the People's Republic of China with
such sanctions.
(c) Interim Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees an
interim briefing on the review required by subsection (a).
(d) Final Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act,

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the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes the results
of the review required by subsection (a).
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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