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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 934 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report about the effects |
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| 6 | 6 | | on national security of the surveillance conducted by the People’s Repub- |
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| 7 | 7 | | lic of China via the high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down in the |
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| 8 | 8 | | airspace of the United States in February 2023, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | RY(for himself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | M |
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| 14 | 14 | | ALLIOTAKIS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, and Mr. BIGGS |
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| 15 | 15 | | of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 16 | 16 | | mittee on Armed Services |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report about |
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| 19 | 19 | | the effects on national security of the surveillance con- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ducted by the People’s Republic of China via the high- |
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| 21 | 21 | | altitude surveillance balloon shot down in the airspace |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the United States in February 2023, and for other |
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| 23 | 23 | | purposes. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Spy Balloon 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Assessment Act’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE EFFECTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | OF CERTAIN SURVEILLANCE CONDUCTED BY 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | in consultation with the President, shall submit to the 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | House of Representatives a report about the effects on na-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tional security of surveillance conducted by the People’s 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Republic of China via the high-altitude surveillance bal-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | loon shot down in the airspace of the United States in 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | February 2023, including— 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) a description of any such effects on military 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | installations; and 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) an analysis of any technology and materials 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | recovered from the high-altitude surveillance balloon, 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | including each country of origin of such technology 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and materials, if a country of origin can be deter-18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | mined. 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) F |
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| 53 | 53 | | ORM.—The report required under this section 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may in-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | clude a classified annex. 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) M |
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| 57 | 57 | | ILITARYINSTALLATIONDEFINED.—In this sec-23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tion, the term ‘‘military installation’’ has the meaning 24 |
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| 62 | 62 | | given such term in section 2801 of title 10, United States 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Code. 2 |
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