SEC. 2. REPORT ON SECURITY COOPERATION WITH RE-
SPECT TO WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on security cooperation with respect to Western Bal-
kan countries. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of security cooperation be-
tween each Western Balkan country and the Russian 
Federation, including the following: 
(A) A list of Russian weapons systems and 
other military hardware and technology valued 
at $1,000,000 or more that have been provided 
to or purchased by each Western Balkan coun-
try since 2012. 
(B) A description of the participation of 
each Western Balkan country’s security forces 
in training or exercises with the Russian Fed-
eration since 2012. 
(C) A description of any security coopera-
tion agreements each Western Balkan country 
has entered into with the Russian Federation. 
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(D) An assessment of intelligence coopera-
tion between each Western Balkan country and 
the Russian Federation. 
(E) An assessment of how security co-
operation between each Western Balkan coun-
try and the Russian Federation affects the se-
curity interests of the United States, the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the 
Western Balkan country, and each NATO 
member state that borders the Western Balkan 
country. 
(2) An assessment of security cooperation be-
tween each Western Balkan country and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, including the following: 
(A) A list of Chinese weapons systems and 
other military hardware and technology valued 
at $1,000,000 or more that have been provided 
to or purchased by each Western Balkan coun-
try since 2012. 
(B) A description of the participation of 
each Western Balkan country’s security forces 
in training or exercises with the People’s Re-
public of China since 2012. 
(C) A description of any security coopera-
tion agreements each Western Balkan country 
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has entered into with the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(D) An assessment of intelligence coopera-
tion between each Western Balkan country and 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(E) An assessment of how security co-
operation between each Western Balkan coun-
try and the People’s Republic of China affects 
the security interests of the United States, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 
the Western Balkan country, and each NATO 
member state that borders the Western Balkan 
country. 
(3) An assessment of security cooperation be-
tween each Western Balkan country and the United 
States, including the following: 
(A) A list of United States weapons sys-
tems and other military hardware and tech-
nology valued at $1,000,000 or more that have 
been provided to or purchased by each Western 
Balkan country since 2012. 
(B) A description of the participation of 
each Western Balkan country’s security forces 
in training or exercises with the United States 
since 2012. 
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(C) A description of any security coopera-
tion agreements each Western Balkan country 
has entered into with the United States. 
(D) An assessment of intelligence coopera-
tion between each Western Balkan country and 
the United States. 
(4) An assessment of security cooperation be-
tween each Western Balkan country and NATO. 
(5) A description of each Western Balkan coun-
try’s participation and activities in NATO’s Partner-
ship for Peace program, if applicable. 
(6) An assessment of the Russian Humani-
tarian Center in Nisˇ, Serbia, and any influence or 
coordination it may have with Russian Federation 
Intelligence Agencies. 
(c) ASSESSMENT AND DETERMINATION RELATING 
TO CONDUCT OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS UNDER 
CAATSA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the President, shall include in the report 
required by subsection (a) an assessment and deter-
mination of whether any Western Balkan country 
has conducted a significant transaction described in 
section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525). 
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(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to obviate any require-
ment of section 231 of the Countering America’s 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) congressional defense committees (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code); and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Western Balkan countries’’ 
means— 
(A) Albania; 
(B) Bosnia and Herzegovina; 
(C) Croatia; 
(D) Kosovo; 
(E) Montenegro; 
(F) North Macedonia; 
(G) Serbia; and 
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(H) Slovenia. 
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