No PLA LOOPHOLES Act

Bill: 118-s-586
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-03-01
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No People's Liberation Army in Logistical Operations and Other Pertinent Humanitarian Operations Leading to Endangered Security Act or the No PLA LOOPHOLES Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases restrictions on military-to-military exchanges or contacts between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Chinese military. Specifically, the bill expands an existing prohibition on exchanges or contacts that include inappropriate exposure to<i> advanced logistical operations</i> to cover <i>logistical operations</i> instead. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill eliminates an exception to the prohibited exchanges or contacts in the case of search and rescue or humanitarian operations or exercises.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 586 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 1, 2023 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Braun , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Scott of Florida , and Mr. Cruz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To modify the limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts with the People's Liberation Army to cover all logistical operations and remove the exception for search-and-rescue and humanitarian operations and exercises.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No People’s Liberation Army in Logistical Operations and Other Pertinent Humanitarian Operations Leading to Endangered Security Act or the No PLA LOOPHOLES Act . 2. Modification of limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts with Chinese People’s Liberation Army Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 ( Public Law 106–65 ; 10 U.S.C. 168 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking Advanced logistical operations and inserting Logistical operations ; and (2) by striking subsection (c).