S.Amdt. 1976

SA 1976. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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. 1262. REVIEW OF PORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PURCHASES AND
INVESTMENTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND ENTITIES DIRECTED OR
BACKED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
review of port and infrastructure purchases and investments
by--
(1) the Government of the People's Republic of China;
(2) entities directed or backed by the Government of the
People's Republic of China; and
(3) entities with beneficial owners that include the
Government of the People's Republic of China or a private
company controlled by the Government of the People's Republic
of China.
(b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A list of port and infrastructure purchases and
investments described in that subsection, prioritized in
order of the purchases or investments that pose the greatest
threat to United States defense and foreign policy interests.
(2) An analysis of the effects the consolidation of such
investments, or the assertion of control by the Government of
the People's Republic of China over entities described in
paragraph (2) or (3) of that subsection, would have on
Department of Defense contingency plans.
(c) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--In
conducting the review under subsection (a), the Secretary may
coordinate with the head of any other Federal agency, as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of
the review under subsection (a).
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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