[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 106 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 854. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Sasse) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill 
S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 1262. ASSESSMENT OF INITIATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
                   RELATING TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL 
                   COOPERATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress a report assessing initiatives of the 
     Department of Defense and the People's Republic of China 
     relating to scientific and technical cooperation.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of the nature of collaborative 
     initiatives described in subsection (a), including how such 
     initiatives are funded, who participates in such initiatives, 
     and the goals and achievements of such initiatives as of the 
     date of the report.
       (2) A description of the licensing and regulatory regimes 
     under which such initiatives occur.
       (3) An assessment of whether the intellectual property 
     rights of United States researchers and entities 
     participating in such initiatives are being adequately 
     protected.
       (4) An assessment of whether entities owned or controlled 
     by the government or the military of the People's Republic of 
     China are directly benefitting from research funded by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (5) An assessment of whether any researchers participating 
     in such initiatives have ties to the government or the 
     military of the People's Republic of China.
       (6) An assessment of whether any institutions of higher 
     education, laboratories, or other entities in the United 
     States participating in such initiatives have been subject to 
     cyber penetration originating in the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (7) An evaluation the contributions of such initiatives to 
     the National Defense Strategy.
       (8) An assessment of any redundancies among such 
     initiatives.
       (9) Recommendations for improving such initiatives.
       (c) Review of Activities Under Initiative to Support 
     Protection of National Security Academic Researchers From 
     Undue Influence and Other Security Threats.--Not later than 
     18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report that includes a 
     review and assessment of activities of the Department of 
     Defense under section 1286 of the John S. McCain National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
     115-232; 132 Stat. 2078; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note).
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