S.Amdt. 4338

SA 4338. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 1253. REPORT ON TRADE POLICIES OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA WITH RESPECT TO AFRICA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade
Representative shall submit to Congress a report on the trade
policies of the Government of the People's Republic of China
with respect to Africa.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include an assessment of the following:
(1) The use by the Government of the People's Republic of
China of preferential duty treatment for goods imported into
the People's Republic of China from beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries, including--
(A) the extent to which beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries obtain the benefit of favorable trade policies of
the Government of the People's Republic of China; and
(B) whether the Government of the People's Republic of
China is using such policies to circumvent United States
trade policies.
(2) The activities conducted under the Belt and Road
Initiative in Africa, including investment by the Government
of the People's Republic of China in supply chains related to
raw materials and natural resources, commodities,
telecommunications, emerging technologies, agriculture,
energy, and national security.
(3) The use by the Government of the People's Republic of
China of resource-backed loans for economic exploitation and
dependency in Africa.
(4) Recommendations for strengthening United States supply
chains and trade relationships with beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries.
(c) Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Country Defined.--In
this section, the term ``beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country'' has the meaning given that term in section 506A of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a).
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