[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2728. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 
(for himself and Mr. McCain) 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:

       On page 620, strike lines 19 and 20 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(B) United States citizens of Chinese descent.
       ``(29) Efforts by China, in support of the military and 
     security strategy of China, to influence the Western 
     Hemisphere through involvement in Central and South America, 
     including--
       ``(A) by making donations or providing loans to--
       ``(i) hemispheric or regional organizations the mandates of 
     which focus on democracy and security; or
       ``(ii) governments of any country in the region for 
     security or other investment purposes; and
       ``(B) security cooperation efforts with or diplomatic 
     campaigns in any country in the region, including Peru, 
     Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, 
     Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, 
     Cuba, and Uruguay.
       ``(30) An assessment of the manner in which the activities 
     described in paragraph (29) affect United States military 
     strategy and operability in Central and South America.''.
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