S.Amdt. 2597

SA 2597. Mr. CRUZ 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12_. REPORT ON MILITARY INSTALLATION OF CHINA IN THE
REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes
the following:
(1) An assessment of the impact of the People's Republic of
China's first overseas military installation in the Republic
of Djibouti on the ability of the United States forces to
operate in the region.
(2) An assessment of China's ability to obtain sensitive
information and impact operations conducted from Camp
Lemmonier in Djibouti, the largest United States military
installation on the African continent.
(3) An assessment of the ability of the President of
Djibouti to terminate by all methods, including by simple
decree, the Department of Defense's lease agreement governing
operation of Camp Lemmonier.
(4) An assessment of the impact of the Chinese base in
Djibouti on security and safety of United States personnel in
Djibouti.
(5) An assessment of the status of China's compliance with
the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons, which forbids the use
of laser weapons for the purpose of blinding.
(6) An assessment of the laser attack in Djibouti that
injured United States airmen.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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