[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 396. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON 
                   UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE FREELY 
                   ASSOCIATED STATES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than December 1, 2018, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report setting forth the 
     results of a study, conducted by the Comptroller General for 
     purposes of the report, on United States security and foreign 
     policy interests in the Freely Associated States of the 
     Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
     the Federated States of Micronesia.
       (b) Elements.--The study required pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall address the following:
       (1) The role of the Compacts of Free Association in 
     promoting United States defense and foreign policy interests, 
     and the status of the obligations of the United States and 
     the Freely Associated States under the Compacts of Free 
     Association.
       (2) The economic assistance practices of the People's 
     Republic of China in the Freely Associated States, and the 
     implications of such practices for United States defense and 
     foreign policy interests in the Freely Associated States and 
     the Pacific region.
       (3) The economic assistance practices of other countries in 
     the Freely Associated States, as determined by the 
     Comptroller General, and the implications of such practices 
     for United States defense and foreign policy interests in the 
     Freely Associated States and the Pacific region.
       (4) Any other matters the Comptroller General considers 
     appropriate.
       (c) Consultation.--The Comptroller General shall consult in 
     the preparation of the report with other departments and 
     agencies of the United States Government, including elements 
     of the intelligence community.
       (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified for, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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