S.Amdt. 153

SA 153. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 D of title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. REPORT ON ENERGY POLICY AND COMMERCIAL AND
MILITARY STRATEGIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on--
(1) the extent to which supply vulnerabilities drive the
energy policy of the People's Republic of China; and
(2) the impact of such policy on the commercial and
military strategies of the People's Republic of China.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the oil insecurity of the People's
Republic of China and the policies the Government of the
People's Republic of China has adopted to mitigate such oil
insecurity.
(2) Recommendations for actions the United States
Government may take to complicate such policies.
(3) An analysis of actions taken by the navy of the
People's Liberation Army to challenge the United States Navy
in commercial sea lanes and commercial sea routes that are
vital to the People's Republic of China.
(4) An analysis of the feasibility of and the military
requirements for, in the event of a conflict with the
People's Republic of China,

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an effective blockade of energy shipments bound for the
People's Republic of China, and recommendations for--
(A) force requirements necessary in the Indian Ocean, the
South China Sea, and the Straight of Malacca; and
(B) incorporating regional allied and partner countries--
(i) to effectively deter or defeat the navy of the People's
Liberation Army; or
(ii) to implement such a blockade.
(5) An analysis of the ability of the People's Republic of
China to satisfy its energy needs during a crisis or conflict
through--
(A) pipelines;
(B) overland shipments;
(C) rationing; and
(D) stockpiles.
(6) An identification of commercial projects in South Asia
or Central Asia under consideration by the Government of the
People's Republic of China to bypass sea routes, and an
assessment of the best method for the United States to
frustrate or complicate the implementation of such projects.
(7) Recommendations on the best methods to leverage, for
the benefit of United States commercial and military
interests in the region, the dependence of the People's
Republic of China on oil imports through sea routes.
(8) An analysis of the role of oil in the energy policy of
the People's Republic of China and in the operation of the
People's Liberation Army.
(9) An assessment of the effect that potential disruptions
in oil imports would have on the electricity supply,
industrial output, and national security of the People's
Republic of China.
(10) Recommendations for executive and congressional
action--
(A) to disrupt efforts by national oil companies of the
People's Republic of China to cultivate relations with oil
suppliers in the developing world; and
(B) to counteract the increasing control exercised by such
companies over foreign oil production through the use of oil-
backed loans.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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