[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3089-S3090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 923. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. REPORT ON JOINT POLICE PATROL ACTIVITIES OF CHINA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and 
     the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     that includes--
       (1) a comprehensive assessment of government, military, 
     security, and police entities directly or indirectly funded 
     by the national or any subnational government of the People's 
     Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party that support 
     or participate in any activities undertaken by illicit 
     Overseas Chinese Service Centers;
       (2) a list of all countries that conduct joint police 
     patrols, host law enforcement training or exchanges, or have 
     concluded binding internal security agreements with the 
     national or any subnational government of the People's 
     Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party;
       (3) an assessment of the risks such training, exchanges, 
     agreements, initiatives, or centers pose to United States 
     national security interests and personnel in those countries; 
     and

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       (4) a description of United States Government policies and 
     measures, including engagements with foreign governments on 
     law enforcement training or exchanges, joint police patrols, 
     or working with civil society organizations to identify 
     illicit Overseas Chinese Service Centers, adopted to reduce 
     such risks.
       (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a)--
       (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
     a classified annex; and
       (2) shall be made publicly available, other than the 
     classified annex portion of the report.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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