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4	4	STSESSION S. 1791
5	5	To require the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to conduct a
6	6	comparative study on the defense budgets of the People’s Republic of
7	7	China and the United States, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JUNE1, 2023
10	10	Mr. R
11	11	OMNEY(for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr. KING) in-
12	12	troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Se-
13	13	lect Committee on Intelligence
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To require the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
16	16	to conduct a comparative study on the defense budgets
17	17	of the People’s Republic of China and the United States,
18	18	and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘China Defense Spend-4
23	23	ing Transparency Act’’. 5
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27	27	SEC. 2. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON DEFENSE BUDGET 1
28	28	TRANSPARENCY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 2
29	29	OF CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES. 3
30	30	(a) S
31	31	TUDYREQUIRED.— 4
32	32	(1) D
33	33	EFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY STUDY .— 5
34	34	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-6
35	35	ment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intel-7
36	36	ligence Agency shall complete and submit to the ap-8
37	37	propriate committees of Congress a public compara-9
38	38	tive study on the defense budgets of the People’s Re-10
39	39	public of China and the United States. 11
40	40	(2) M
41	41	ETHODOLOGY.—The study required by 12
42	42	paragraph (1) shall employ a robust methodology 13
43	43	that— 14
44	44	(A) does not depend on the official pro-15
45	45	nouncements of the Government of the People’s 16
46	46	Republic of China or the Chinese Communist 17
47	47	Party; 18
48	48	(B) takes into account the military-civil fu-19
49	49	sion present in the People’s Republic of China; 20
50	50	and 21
51	51	(C) employs the building block method of 22
52	52	analysis or a similar method of analysis. 23
53	53	(3) G
54	54	OAL.—The goal of the study required by 24
55	55	paragraph (1) shall be to provide the people of the 25
56	56	United States with an accurate comparison of the 26
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60	60	defense spending of the People’s Republic of China 1
61	61	and the United States. 2
62	62	(4) P
63	63	UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall 3
64	64	make the study required by paragraph (1) available 4
65	65	to the public on the internet website of the Defense 5
66	66	Intelligence Agency. 6
67	67	(b) E
68	68	LEMENTS.—The study required by this section 7
69	69	shall do the following: 8
70	70	(1) Determine the amounts invested by each 9
71	71	subject country across functional categories for 10
72	72	spending, including— 11
73	73	(A) defense-related research and develop-12
74	74	ment; 13
75	75	(B) weapons procurement from domestic 14
76	76	and foreign sources; 15
77	77	(C) operations and maintenance; 16
78	78	(D) pay and benefits; and 17
79	79	(E) military pensions. 18
80	80	(2) Consider the effects of purchasing power 19
81	81	parity and market exchange rates, particularly on 20
82	82	nontraded goods. 21
83	83	(3) Estimate the magnitude of omitted spend-22
84	84	ing from official defense budget information and ac-23
85	85	count for such spending in the comparison. 24
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89	89	(4) Exclude spending related to veterans’ bene-1
90	90	fits, other than military pensions provided to vet-2
91	91	erans. 3
92	92	(c) C
93	93	ONSIDERATIONS.—The study required by this 4
94	94	section may take into consideration the following: 5
95	95	(1) The effects of State-owned enterprises on 6
96	96	the defense expenditures of the People’s Republic of 7
97	97	China. 8
98	98	(2) The role of differing acquisition policies and 9
99	99	structures with respect to the defense expenditures 10
100	100	of each subject country. 11
101	101	(3) Any other matter relevant to evaluating the 12
102	102	resources dedicated to the defense spending or the 13
103	103	various military-related outlays of the People’s Re-14
104	104	public of China. 15
105	105	(d) F
106	106	ORM.—The study required by this section shall 16
107	107	be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-17
108	108	sified annex. 18
109	109	(e) A
110	110	PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-19
111	111	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-20
112	112	tees of Congress’’ means— 21
113	113	(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-22
114	114	mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For-23
115	115	eign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intel-24
116	116	ligence of the Senate; and 25
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120	120	(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-1
121	121	mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For-2
122	122	eign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee 3
123	123	on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 4
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