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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6798 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6798

To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report on 
    Chinese investment in global port infrastructure, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2022

   Mr. Wenstrup (for himself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report on 
    Chinese investment in global port infrastructure, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency for Malign Chinese 
Investments in Global Port Infrastructure Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON GLOBAL CCP INVESTMENT IN PORT INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
documenting all Chinese investment in port infrastructure globally, 
during the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on the date 
of the submission of the report, and the commercial and economic 
implications of such investments. The report shall also include the 
following:
            (1) A review of existing and potential or planned future 
        Chinese investments, including investments by government 
        entities, and state-owned enterprises, in port infrastructure 
        at such ports.
            (2) Any known Chinese interest in establishing a military 
        presence at or near such ports.
            (3) An assessment of China's current and potential future 
        ability to leverage commercial ports for military purposes and 
        the implications of such ability for the national and economic 
        security of the United States.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may include a classified annex produced 
consistent with the protection of sources and methods.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this Act, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
        Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the 
        Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations of the Senate.
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