Title: Military Threat Awareness Act of 2022
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Military Threat Awareness Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to make publicly available reports on the military capabilities of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Each report must be made available in unclassified form on a publicly accessible DOD website.
DOD may use or add to any existing reports to respond to the reporting requirement.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8329 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8329

To require a public report on the military capabilities of China, Iran, 
                        North Korea, and Russia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2022

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a public report on the military capabilities of China, Iran, 
                        North Korea, and Russia.

    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 ``Military Threat Awareness Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC REPORT ON MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF CHINA, IRAN, NORTH 
              KOREA, AND RUSSIA.

    (a) Public Report on Military Capabilities of Covered Countries.--
Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 486 the following new section:
``Sec. 487. Public report on military capabilities of covered countries
    ``(a) Annual Report.--Not later than January 30 of each year 
through 2027, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Director of National Intelligence, shall make publicly available on the 
internet website of the Department of Defense a report on the military 
capabilities of each covered country.
    ``(b) Matters Included.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to each covered country--
            ``(1) an assessment of the grand strategy, security 
        strategy, and military strategy, including the goals and trends 
        of such strategies;
            ``(2) an estimate of the funds spent annually on developing 
        conventional forces, unconventional forces, and nuclear and 
        missile forces;
            ``(3) an assessment of the size and capabilities of the 
        conventional forces;
            ``(4) an assessment of the size and capability of the 
        unconventional forces and related activities;
            ``(5) with respect to the forces described in subsection 
        (d)(3)(B), an assessment of the types and amount of support, 
        including--
                    ``(A) lethal and non-lethal supplies; and
                    ``(B) training provided; and
            ``(6) an assessment of the capabilities of the nuclear and 
        missile forces and related activities, including--
                    ``(A) the nuclear weapon capabilities;
                    ``(B) the ballistic missile forces; and
                    ``(C) the development of the nuclear and missile 
                forces since the preceding year.
    ``(c) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be made 
available in unclassified form, consistent with the protection of 
intelligence sources and methods.
    ``(d) Nonduplication of Efforts.--The Secretary of Defense may use 
or add to any existing reports completed by the Secretary of Defense or 
Director of National Intelligence to respond to the reporting 
requirement under subsection (a).
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `conventional forces' means, with respect to 
        a covered country, military forces designed to conduct 
        operations in sea, air, space, cyberspace, the electromagnetic 
        spectrum, or land, other than unconventional forces, ballistic 
        forces, and cruise missile forces.
            ``(2) The term `covered country' means each of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) China.
                    ``(B) Iran.
                    ``(C) North Korea.
                    ``(D) Russia.
            ``(3) The term `unconventional forces', with respect to a 
        covered country--
                    ``(A) means forces that carry out missions 
                typically associated with special operations forces; 
                and
                    ``(B) includes any organization that--
                            ``(i) has been designated by the Secretary 
                        of State as a foreign terrorist organization 
                        under section 219 of the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
                            ``(ii) has been assessed by the Secretary 
                        of Defense as being willing to act under the 
                        control or at the direction of such covered 
                        country.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for chapter 23 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 486 the following item:

``487. Public report on military capabilities of covered countries.''.
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