50 U.S.C. § 3735: Limitation on availability…

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must commit Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for work in the People’s Republic of China in two payments each year. Every six months, and at least 15 days before any payment for that period, the Secretary must send the required report to the congressional defense committees. Working with the Secretary of State, each report must say whether China has taken concrete steps to stop the proliferation activities of Li Fangwei (also called Karl Lee) and to arrest him under the April 29, 2014 indictment; whether China has given any items that help build ballistic missiles or nuclear delivery systems to prohibited recipients or in violation of the NPT; and how many and what kinds of diplomatic protests or talks (demarches) occurred about these issues. The same information must also go to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The first report after December 23, 2016 must cover the prior 12 months; later reports cover the previous six months. Reports must be unclassified but may include a classified annex.

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(a)Semiannual installments

In carrying out activities under the Program in the People’s Republic of China, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for such activities are obligated in semiannual installments.

(b)Required reports

(1)Additional information

With respect to carrying out activities under the Program in the People’s Republic of China, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees the reports required by section 3711(g) of this title on a semiannual basis by not later than 15 days before any obligation of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for such activities during the covered semiannual period. In addition to the matters required by such section, each such report shall include, in coordination with the Secretary of State—

(A)whether China has taken material steps to—

(i)disrupt the proliferation activities of Li Fangwei (also known as Karl Lee, or any other alias known by the United States); and

(ii)arrest Li Fangwei pursuant the indictment charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 29, 2014;

(B)whether China has proliferated to any non-nuclear weapons state, or any nuclear weapons state in violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, any item that contributes to a ballistic missile or nuclear weapons delivery system; and

(C)the number, type, and summary of any demarches between the United States and China with respect to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

(2)Additional submissions

At the same time as the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) as part of the reports required by section 3711(g) of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate such information.

(3)Coverage

With respect to the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1)—

(A)the first report described in such paragraph that is submitted after December 23, 2016, shall cover the preceding 12-month period before the date of such submission; and

(B)each subsequent report shall cover the semiannual period preceding the date of such submission.

(4)Form

The information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 struck out “or expended” after “obligated”.

§3735 Limitation on Availability of Funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction Activities in People’s Republic of China

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Title 50, §3735

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