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‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The total amount expended during any fiscal 
year for purchases under this section may not exceed $15,000,000. 
‘‘(c) SEMIANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—In any case in 
which the authority provided in subsection (a) is used during the 
period of the first six months of a fiscal year, or during the period 
of the second six months of a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the use of that authority during that six-month period. 
Each such report shall be submitted not later than 30 days after 
the end of the six-month period during which the authority is 
used. Each such report shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The number and type of weapons purchased under 
subsection (a) during that six-month period covered by the 
report, together with the amount spent for those weapons and 
the Secretary’s estimate of the fair market value of those 
weapons. 
‘‘(2) A description of the dispositions (if any) during that 
six-month period of weapons purchased under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 127b the following new item:
‘‘127c. Purchase of weapons overseas: force protection.’’.
SEC. 1232. RIOT CONTROL AGENTS. 
(a) RESTATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 
States that riot control agents are not chemical weapons and that 
the President may authorize their use as legitimate, legal, and 
non-lethal alternatives to the use of force that, as provided in 
Executive Order No. 11850 (40 Fed. Reg. 16187) and consistent 
with the resolution of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Conven-
tion, may be employed by members of the Armed Forces in war 
in defensive military modes to save lives, including the illustrative 
purposes cited in Executive Order No. 11850. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
Congress a report on the use of riot control agents by members 
of the Armed Forces. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
include—
(A) a description of all regulations, doctrines, training 
materials, and any other information related to the use 
of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces; 
(B) a description of how the material described in 
subparagraph (A) is consistent with United States policy 
on the use of riot control agents; 
(C) a description of the availability of riot control 
agents, and the means to use them, to members of the 
Armed Forces, including members of the Armed Forces 
deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan; 
(D) a description of the frequency and circumstances 
of the use of riot control agents by members of the Armed 
Forces since January 1, 1992, and a summary of views 
held by commanders of United States combatant commands 
as to the utility of the use of riot control agents by members 
of the Armed Forces when compared with alternatives;
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(E) a general description of steps taken or planned 
to be taken by the Department of Defense to clarify the 
circumstances under which riot control agents may be used 
by members of the Armed Forces; and 
(F) a brief explanation of the continuing validity of 
Executive Order No. 11850 under United States law. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘Chemical 
Weapons Convention’’ means the Convention on the Prohibi-
tions of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chem-
ical Weapons and on Their Destruction, with annexes, done 
at Paris, January 13, 1993, and entered into force April 29, 
1997 (T. Doc. 103–21). 
(2) RESOLUTION
OF
RATIFICATION
OF
THE
CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘resolution of ratification of 
the Chemical Weapons Convention’’ means S. Res. 75, 105th 
Congress, agreed to April 24, 1997, advising and consenting 
to the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. 
SEC. 1233. REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN CRI-
TERIA APPLICABLE TO GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW. 
(a) CRITERIA.—As part of the Integrated Global Presence and 
Basing Strategy (IGPBS) developed by the Department of Defense 
that is referred to as the ‘‘Global Posture Review’’, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, shall develop criteria for assessing, with respect to each 
type of facility specified in subsection (c) that is to be located 
in a foreign country, the following factors: 
(1) The effect of any new basing arrangements on the 
strategic mobility requirements of the Department of Defense. 
(2) The ability of units deployed to overseas locations in 
areas in which United States Armed Forces have not tradition-
ally been deployed to meet mobility response times required 
by operational planners. 
(3) The cost of deploying units to areas referred to in 
paragraph (2) on a rotational basis (rather than on a permanent 
basing basis). 
(4) The strategic benefit of rotational deployments through 
countries with which the United States is developing a close 
or new security relationship. 
(5) Whether the relative speed and complexity of conducting 
negotiations with a particular country is a discriminator in 
the decision to deploy forces within the country. 
(6) The appropriate and available funding mechanisms for 
the establishment, operation, and sustainment of specific Main 
Operating Bases, Forward Operating Bases, or Cooperative 
Security Locations. 
(7) The effect on military quality of life of the unaccom-
panied deployment of units to new facilities in overseas loca-
tions. 
(8) Other criteria as Secretary of Defense determines appro-
priate.
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(b) ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES TO BASING OR OPERATING LOCA-
TIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall develop a mechanism for 
analyzing alternatives to any particular overseas basing or oper-
ating location. Such a mechanism shall incorporate the factors 
specified in each of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a). 
(c) MINIMAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
FOR OVERSEAS 
INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop a descrip-
tion of minimal infrastructure requirements for each of the following 
types of facilities: 
(1) Facilities categorized as Main Operating Bases. 
(2) Facilities categorized as Forward Operating Bases. 
(3) Facilities categorized as Cooperative Security Locations. 
(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after 
an agreement is entered into between the United States and a 
foreign country to support the deployment of elements of the United 
States Armed Forces in that country, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written 
notification of such agreement. The notification under this sub-
section shall include the terms of the agreement, any costs to 
the United States resulting from the agreement, and a timeline 
to carry out the terms of the agreement. 
(e) ANNUAL BUDGET ELEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress, as an element of the annual budget request 
of the Secretary, information regarding the funding sources for 
the establishment, operation, and sustainment of individual Main 
Operating Bases, Forward Operating Bases, or Cooperative Security 
Locations. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than March 30, 2006, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the matters speci-
fied in subsections (a) through (c). 
SEC. 1234. THE UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The 2004 Report to Congress of the United States-
China Economic and Security Review Commission states that—
(A) China’s State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) lack ade-
quate disclosure standards, which creates the potential 
for United States investors to unwittingly contribute to 
enterprises that are involved in activities harmful to United 
States security interests; 
(B) United States influence and vital long-term 
interests in Asia are being challenged by China’s robust 
regional economic engagement and diplomacy; 
(C) the assistance of China and North Korea to global 
ballistic missile proliferation is extensive and ongoing; 
(D) China’s transfers of technology and components 
for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery 
systems to countries of concern, including countries that 
support acts of international terrorism, have helped create 
a new tier of countries with the capability to produce 
WMD and ballistic missiles; 
(E) the removal of the European Union arms embargo 
against China that is currently under consideration in the 
European Union would accelerate weapons modernization 
and dramatically enhance Chinese military capabilities;
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(F) China is developing a leading-edge military with 
the objective of intimidating Taiwan and deterring United 
States involvement in the Taiwan Strait, and China’s quali-
tative and quantitative military advancements have 
already resulted in a dramatic shift in the cross-Strait 
military balance toward China; and 
(G) China’s growing energy needs are driving China 
into bilateral arrangements that undermine multilateral 
efforts to stabilize oil supplies and prices, and in some 
cases may involve dangerous weapons transfers. 
(2) On March 14, 2005, the National People’s Congress 
approved a law that would authorize the use of force if Taiwan 
formally declares independence. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS FOR COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—It 
is the sense of Congress that the President should present to 
Congress quickly a comprehensive strategy to—
(1) address the emergence of China economically, diplomati-
cally, and militarily; 
(2) promote mutually beneficial trade relations with China; 
and 
(3) encourage China’s adherence to international norms 
in the areas of trade, international security, and human rights. 
(c) CONTENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy referred to in sub-
section (b) should address the following: 
(1) Actions to address China’s policy of undervaluing its 
currency, including—
(A) encouraging China to continue to upwardly revalue 
the Chinese yuan against the United States dollar; 
(B) allowing the yuan to float against a trade-weighted 
basket of currencies; and 
(C) concurrently encouraging United States trading 
partners with similar interests to join in these efforts. 
(2) Actions to make better use of the World Trade Organiza-
tion (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism and applicable 
United States trade laws to redress China’s trade practices, 
including—
(A) exchange rate manipulation; 
(B) denial of trading and distribution rights; 
(C) insufficient intellectual property rights protection; 
(D) objectionable labor standards; 
(E) subsidization of exports; and 
(F) forced technology transfers as a condition of doing 
business. 
(3) The United States Trade Representative should consult 
with United States trading partners regarding any trade dis-
pute with China. 
(4) Actions to encourage United States diplomatic efforts 
to identify and pursue initiatives to revitalize United States 
engagement in East Asia. The initiatives should have a regional 
focus and complement bilateral efforts. The Asia-Pacific Eco-
nomic Cooperation forum (APEC) offers a ready mechanism 
for pursuit of such initiatives. 
(5) Actions by the administration to work with China to 
prevent proliferation of prohibited technologies and to secure 
China’s agreement to renew efforts to curtail commercial export 
by North Korea of ballistic missiles.