[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5294-S5295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3020. 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. __. ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL COLLECTION CAPABILITIES OF 
                   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE RUSSIAN 
                   FEDERATION LOCATED IN CUBA AND STRATEGY TO 
                   COUNTER SUCH CAPABILITIES.

       (a) Assessment.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act , the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an 
     assessment of the technical collection capabilities of the 
     People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation located 
     in Cuba.
       (2) Elements.--The assessment required by paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of current technical capabilities and 
     potential expansion of such technical capabilities.
       (B) An assessment of the counterintelligence risks 
     associated with such technical capabilities, including risks 
     to operations at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
     Cuba.
       (3) Form.--The assessment required by paragraph (1) may be 
     submitted in classified form.
       (b) Strategy Required.--

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       (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy 
     to counter the technical collection capabilities of the 
     People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation located 
     in Cuba.
       (2) Form.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) may be 
     submitted in classified form.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
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