[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5454 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5454

    To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the 
feasibility of establishing an office within the Department of Defense 
 to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2021

 Mr. Jackson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the 
feasibility of establishing an office within the Department of Defense 
 to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE TO OVERSEE SANCTIONS WITH 
              RESPECT TO CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on the feasibility of establishing an office 
within the Department of Defense to oversee sanctions with respect to 
Chinese military companies.
    (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include, at a 
minimum, the following:
            (1) An explanation of where in the organizational structure 
        of the Department such an office should be established.
            (2) An assessment any benefits and drawbacks that may 
        result from--
                    (A) establishing such an office; and
                    (B) making oversight of sanctions with respect to 
                Chinese military companies an internal responsibility 
                of the Department.
    (c) Chinese Military Company Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Chinese military company'' has the meaning given that term in section 
1260H(d) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
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