[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3187 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3187

  To advance United States interests in the freedom of navigation by 
 enhancing congressional oversight of freedom of navigation operations 
          conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2017

  Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr. McCaul) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To advance United States interests in the freedom of navigation by 
 enhancing congressional oversight of freedom of navigation operations 
          conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maritime Security Accountability Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL UPDATE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FREEDOM 
              OF NAVIGATION OPERATIONS REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 1275 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 
Stat. 2540) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) For each country identified under paragraph (1) as 
        making an excessive maritime claim challenged by the United 
        States under the program referred to in subsection (a), the 
        types and locations of excessive maritime claims by such 
        country that have not been challenged by the United States, if 
        any, under the program referred to in subsection (a).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made subsection (a) takes effect 
of the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to 
each report required to be submitted under section 1275 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 on or after such date of 
enactment.
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