S.Amdt. 923

SA 923. Mr. RICKETTS 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, add the following:

SEC. 1269. REPORT ON JOINT POLICE PATROL ACTIVITIES OF CHINA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
that includes--
(1) a comprehensive assessment of government, military,
security, and police entities directly or indirectly funded
by the national or any subnational government of the People's
Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party that support
or participate in any activities undertaken by illicit
Overseas Chinese Service Centers;
(2) a list of all countries that conduct joint police
patrols, host law enforcement training or exchanges, or have
concluded binding internal security agreements with the
national or any subnational government of the People's
Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party;
(3) an assessment of the risks such training, exchanges,
agreements, initiatives, or centers pose to United States
national security interests and personnel in those countries;
and

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(4) a description of United States Government policies and
measures, including engagements with foreign governments on
law enforcement training or exchanges, joint police patrols,
or working with civil society organizations to identify
illicit Overseas Chinese Service Centers, adopted to reduce
such risks.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a)--
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain
a classified annex; and
(2) shall be made publicly available, other than the
classified annex portion of the report.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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