[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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