[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7982 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7982

 To reject the People's Republic of China's claims concerning certain 
       islands and territories in the East and South China Seas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 7, 2020

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reject the People's Republic of China's claims concerning certain 
       islands and territories in the East and South China Seas.

    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 ``Promoting United States Hegemony By 
Attacking China's Kleptomania Act'' or the ``PUSHBACK Act''.

SEC. 2. REJECTION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S CLAIMS CONCERNING 
              CERTAIN ISLANDS AND TERRITORIES IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 
              CHINA SEAS.

    (a) Rejection of Claims.--The United States hereby rejects the 
People's Republic of China's claims concerning certain islands and 
territories in the East and South China Seas, to include the following:
            (1) The Senkaku Islands.
            (2) The Spratly Islands.
            (3) Scarborough Shoal.
            (4) The Paracel Islands.
            (5) All other disputed islands and territories in the East 
        and South China Seas.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to--
            (1) resolve any claims made by any country, except for the 
        People's Republic of China, prior to the date of the enactment 
        of this section; and
            (2) impact claims made by the Republic of China concerning 
        islands and territories described in subsection (a).
    (c) Support for Freedom of Navigation Operations.--It is the policy 
of the United States to support efforts to increase the number of 
freedom of navigation operations conducted by the United States Navy 
with allies of the United States in the East and South China Seas.
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