[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3371-S3372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2540. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 1250. REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH UNITED STATES AND UNITED 
                   NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL NUCLEAR- AND MISSILE-
                   RELATED SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a review of the assessment of the 
     Department of the Treasury and the Department of State of the 
     compliance of the People's Republic of China with nuclear- 
     and missile-related sanctions imposed by the United States 
     and the United Nations Security Council with respect to North 
     Korea.
       (b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following, for the period beginning on January 1, 
     2016, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act:
       (1) A description of the key economic and trade 
     relationships between the People's Republic of China and 
     North Korea.
       (2) An examination of the assessment of the Department of 
     the Treasury and the Department of State of the compliance of 
     the People's Republic of China with sanctions described in 
     subsection (a), including during the period in 2018 during 
     which the United States and North Korea conducted 
     negotiations relating to the nuclear program of North Korea.
       (3) An analysis of the efforts of the United States to 
     obtain the compliance of the People's Republic of China with 
     such sanctions.
       (c) Interim Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
     shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees an 
     interim briefing on the review required by subsection (a).
       (d) Final Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act,

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     the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that includes the results 
     of the review required by subsection (a).
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
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