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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1098

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report by

the Secretary of Defense on the military capabilities of the People’s

Republic of China.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 11, 1999

Mr. NEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual

report by the Secretary of Defense on the military capabilities of the People’s Republic of China.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CAPABILITIES

4 OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 23 of title 10, United

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow7 ing new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 486. Military capabilities of People’s Republic of

2 China: annual report

3 ‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall sub4 mit to Congress, not later than February 1 each year, a

5 report on the future pattern of military modernization of

6 the People’s Republic of China. Each such report shall be

7 submitted in both classified and unclassified form and

8 shall address both the probable course of military-techno9 logical development in the People’s Liberation Army and

10 the development of Chinese military strategy and oper11 ational concepts.

12 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report

13 under subsection (a) shall include analyses and forecasts

14 of the following:

15 ‘‘(1) Trends that would lead the People’s Re16 public of China toward advanced intelligence, sur17 veillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, either

18 through a development program or by gaining access

19 to commercial or third-party systems with militarily

20 significant capabilities.

21 ‘‘(2) Efforts by the People’s Republic of China

22 to develop highly accurate and low-observable ballis23 tic and cruise missiles, and the investments in infra24 structure that would allow for production of such

25 weapons in militarily significant quantities, particu26 larly in numbers sufficient to conduct attacks capa-
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1 ble of overwhelming projected defense capabilities in

2 the region.

3 ‘‘(3) Development by the People’s Republic of

4 China of enhanced command and control networks,

5 particularly those capable of battle management that

6 would include long-range precision strikes.

7 ‘‘(4) Programs of the People’s Republic of

8 China involving unmanned aerial vehicles, particu9 larly those with extended ranges or loitering times.

10 ‘‘(5) Exploitation by the People’s Republic of

11 China of the Global Positioning System or other

12 similar systems, including commercial land surveil13 lance satellites, for significant military purposes, in14 cluding particularly for increasing the accuracy of

15 weapons or the situational awareness of operating

16 forces.

17 ‘‘(6) Development by the People’s Republic of

18 China of capabilities for denial of sea control, such

19 as advanced sea mines or improved submarine capa20 bilities.

21 ‘‘(7) Continued development by the People’s Re22 public of China of follow-on forces, particularly those

23 capable of rapid air or amphibious assault.’’.
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

2 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding

3 at the end the following new item:

‘‘486. Military capabilities of People’s Republic of China: annual report.’’.

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