[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 586 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 586

To modify the limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts 
 with the People's Liberation Army to cover all logistical operations 
    and remove the exception for search-and-rescue and humanitarian 
                       operations and exercises.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2023

   Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
 Hawley, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts 
 with the People's Liberation Army to cover all logistical operations 
    and remove the exception for search-and-rescue and humanitarian 
                       operations and exercises.

    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 ``No People's Liberation Army in 
Logistical Operations and Other Pertinent Humanitarian Operations 
Leading to Endangered Security Act'' or the ``No PLA LOOPHOLES Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY EXCHANGES 
              AND CONTACTS WITH CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY.

    Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 10 U.S.C. 168 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``Advanced logistical 
        operations'' and inserting ``Logistical operations''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c).
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