S.Amdt. 854

SA 854. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Sasse) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill
S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. ASSESSMENT OF INITIATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
RELATING TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
COOPERATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report assessing initiatives of the
Department of Defense and the People's Republic of China
relating to scientific and technical cooperation.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the nature of collaborative
initiatives described in subsection (a), including how such
initiatives are funded, who participates in such initiatives,
and the goals and achievements of such initiatives as of the
date of the report.
(2) A description of the licensing and regulatory regimes
under which such initiatives occur.
(3) An assessment of whether the intellectual property
rights of United States researchers and entities
participating in such initiatives are being adequately
protected.
(4) An assessment of whether entities owned or controlled
by the government or the military of the People's Republic of
China are directly benefitting from research funded by the
Department of Defense.
(5) An assessment of whether any researchers participating
in such initiatives have ties to the government or the
military of the People's Republic of China.
(6) An assessment of whether any institutions of higher
education, laboratories, or other entities in the United
States participating in such initiatives have been subject to
cyber penetration originating in the People's Republic of
China.
(7) An evaluation the contributions of such initiatives to
the National Defense Strategy.
(8) An assessment of any redundancies among such
initiatives.
(9) Recommendations for improving such initiatives.
(c) Review of Activities Under Initiative to Support
Protection of National Security Academic Researchers From
Undue Influence and Other Security Threats.--Not later than
18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report that includes a
review and assessment of activities of the Department of
Defense under section 1286 of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
115-232; 132 Stat. 2078; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note).
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