[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4996-S4997]
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SA 2693. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE AND COLLECTIONS APPARATUS OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA LOCATED IN CUBA.
(a) In General.--Not later than March 31, 2025, the
Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a classified report on the threats posed by and a
strategy to counter surveillance and collections apparatus of
the People's Republic of China located in Cuba.
(b) Elements.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall address the following in relation to surveillance
and collections apparatus of the People's Republic of China
located in Cuba:
(1) An analysis of the capabilities and potential expansion
of such apparatus.
(2) An assessment of possible targets and the success of
such engagement against them.
(3) An assessment of vulnerabilities and threats to United
States national security and economic interests posed by such
apparatus.
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(4) An assessment of the security risk to United States
operations at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, posed by such apparatus.
(5) An assessment of the role such apparatus plays in the
space-based capabilities of the People's Republic of China.
(6) A plan and policy recommendations to mitigate
vulnerabilities and threats posed by such apparatus.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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