To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an office within the Department of Defense to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5454
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-09-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia

China

Congressional oversight

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Foreign and international corporations

Military civil functions

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Political parties and affiliation

Sanctions
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report on the feasibility of establishing an office within DOD to oversee sanctions of Chinese military companies. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5454 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2021 Mr. Jackson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an office within the Department of Defense to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies, and for other purposes.

1. Report on establishment of office to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies (a) Report required Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility of establishing an office within the Department of Defense to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies. (b) Elements The report under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) An explanation of where in the organizational structure of the Department such an office should be established. (2) An assessment any benefits and drawbacks that may result from— (A) establishing such an office; and (B) making oversight of sanctions with respect to Chinese military companies an internal responsibility of the Department. (c) Chinese military company defined In this section, the term Chinese military company has the meaning given that term in section 1260H(d) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ).