S.Amdt. 86

SA 86. Mr. SASSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the
Syrian people, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON BELT
AND ROAD INITIATIVE OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the
security implications of the Belt and Road Initiative of the
People's Republic of China.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the objectives of the Belt and Road
Initiative and the ability of China to meet those objectives.
(2) An evaluation of the security implications of the Belt
and Road Initiative, including specific military applications
in both peacetime and during conflict.
(3) An assessment of the current and future effects of the
initiative on regional economic, political, and security
interests of the United States and allies and partners of the
United States.
(c) Form of Report.--The report submitted under subsection
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include
a classified annex.
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