§3735 Limitation on availability of funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction activities in People’s Republic of China

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must pay Cooperative Threat Reduction money for work in China in two equal parts each year. Before any payment, the Secretary must send the required report to the congressional defense committees at least 15 days before the funds are obligated for that six‑month period. Each report, written with the Secretary of State, must say (1) whether China has taken major steps to stop the proliferation work of Li Fangwei (also called Karl Lee) and to arrest him under the indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dated April 29, 2014; (2) whether China has given any items that help make ballistic missiles or nuclear weapon delivery systems to countries that should not have them or in ways that break the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; and (3) how many and what kinds of formal protests or diplomatic notes (demarches) the U.S. and China exchanged about these issues, plus a short summary. The same information must also go to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The first report sent after December 23, 2016 must cover the prior 12 months; later reports cover the previous six months. Reports must be unclassified but can include a classified annex.