[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 1634 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1634
To impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic of China in
relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 23 (legislative day, May 22), 2019
Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Young,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Hawley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Manchin, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Jones, and Mr.
Romney) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic of China in
relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``South China Sea
and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2019''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Policy of the United States with respect to the South China Sea
and the East China Sea.
Sec. 5. Sense of Congress with respect to the South China Sea and the
East China Sea.
Sec. 6. Sanctions with respect to Chinese persons responsible for
China's activities in the South China Sea
and the East China Sea.
Sec. 7. Determinations and report on Chinese companies active in the
South China Sea and the East China Sea.
Sec. 8. Prohibition against documents portraying the South China Sea or
the East China Sea as part of China.
Sec. 9. Prohibition on facilitating certain investments in the South
China Sea or the East China Sea.
Sec. 10. Department of Justice affirmation of non-recognition of
annexation.
Sec. 11. Non-recognition of Chinese sovereignty over the South China
Sea or the East China Sea.
Sec. 12. Prohibition on certain assistance to countries that recognize
Chinese sovereignty over the South China
Sea or the East China Sea.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Asia-Pacific Maritime Security
Strategy issued by the Department of Defense in August 2015,
``Although the United States takes no position on competing
sovereignty claims to land features in the region, all such
claims must be based upon land (which in the case of islands
means naturally formed areas of land that are above water at
high tide), and all maritime claims must derive from such land
in accordance with international law.''.
(2) According to the annual report of the Department of
Defense to Congress on the military power of the People's
Republic of China submitted in April 2016, ``Throughout 2015,
China continued to assert sovereignty claims over features in
the East and South China Seas. In the East China Sea, China
continued to use maritime law enforcement ships and aircraft to
patrol near the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands in order to challenge
Japan's claim. In the South China Sea, China paused its land
reclamation effort in the Spratly Islands in late 2015 after
adding more than 3,200 acres of land to the seven features it
occupies in the archipelago. Although these artificial islands
do not provide China with any additional territorial or
maritime rights within the South China Sea, China will be able
to use them as persistent civil-military bases to enhance its
long-term presence in the South China Sea significantly.''.
(3) On May 30, 2015, at the Shangri-la Dialogue of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, Secretary of
Defense Ashton Carter stated that ``with its actions in the
South China Sea, China is out of step with both the
international rules and norms that underscore the Asia-
Pacific's security architecture, and the regional consensus
that favors diplomacy and opposes coercion''.
(4) On July 24, 2015, Admiral Harry Harris, Jr., noted at a
forum in Colorado that each year more than $5,300,000,000,000
in global sea-based trade passes through the South China Sea.
(5) On June 4, 2016, at the Shangri-la Dialogue, Secretary
of Defense Ashton Carter stated: ``[T]he United States will
stand with regional partners to uphold core principles, like
freedom of navigation and overflight and the peaceful
resolution of disputes through legal means and in accordance
with international law. As I affirmed here last year, and
America's Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China
Sea have demonstrated, the United States will continue to fly,
sail and operate wherever international law allows, so that
everyone in the region can do the same.''.
(6) On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration's
Tribunal organized pursuant to the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea issued its unanimous award in the
arbitration instituted by Republic of the Philippines against
the People's Republic of China. The Tribunal noted that its
award is final and binding under that Convention.
(7) Also according to the award, the Tribunal ``concluded
that, to the extent China had historical rights to resources in
the waters of the South China Sea, such rights were
extinguished to the extent they were incompatible with the
exclusive economic zones provided for in the Convention. The
Tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China to
claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling
within the `nine-dash line'.''.
(8) Also according to the award, the Tribunal ``held that
the Spratly Islands cannot generate maritime zones collectively
as a unit. Having found that none of the features claimed by
China was capable of generating an exclusive economic zone, the
Tribunal found that it could--without delimiting a boundary--
declare that certain sea areas are within the exclusive
economic zone of the Philippines, because those areas are not
overlapped by any possible entitlement of China.''.
(9) Also according to the award, the Tribunal ``found that
China had violated the Philippines' sovereign rights in its
exclusive economic zone by (a) interfering with Philippine
fishing and petroleum exploration, (b) constructing artificial
islands and (c) failing to prevent Chinese fishermen from
fishing in the zone. The Tribunal also held that fishermen from
the Philippines (like those from China) had traditional fishing
rights at Scarborough Shoal and that China had interfered with
these rights in restricting access. The Tribunal further held
that Chinese law enforcement vessels had unlawfully created a
serious risk of collision when they physically obstructed
Philippine vessels.''.
(10) On July 12, 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the People's Republic of China issued a statement that China
``declares that the [Tribunal] award is null and void and has
no binding force. China neither accepts nor recognizes it . . .
China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and
interests in the South China Sea shall under no circumstances
be affected by those awards. China opposes and will never
accept any claim or action based on those awards.''.
(11) On July 12, 2016, the Government of the People's
Republic of China issued the fifth statement in the name of
that Government since 1979 that--
(A) stated that the People's Republic of China has
sovereignty over the 4 rocks and shoals in the South
China Sea;
(B) claims internal waters, territorial seas,
contiguous zones, one or more exclusive economic zones,
and a continental shelf based on that sovereignty
claim; and
(C) continues to claim historic rights in the South
China Sea.
(12) On July 12, 2016, Assistant Secretary of State and
Department of State Spokesperson John Kirby noted that the
``United States strongly supports the rule of law. We support
efforts to resolve territorial and maritime disputes in the
South China Sea peacefully, including through arbitration . . .
we urge all claimants to avoid provocative statements or
actions. This decision can and should serve as a new
opportunity to renew efforts to address maritime disputes
peacefully.''.
(13) On July 13, 2016, the Vice Foreign Minister of the
People's Republic of China, Liu Zhenmin, said that declaring an
air defense identification zone in the South China Sea would
depend on the threat China faces and stated that ``[i]f our
security is threatened, we of course have the right to set it
up''.
(14) On July 18, 2016, the People's Liberation Army Air
Force of the People's Republic of China stated that it had
conducted a ``combat air patrol'' over the South China Sea and
that it would become ``regular practice'' in the future. A
spokesperson stated that the People's Liberation Army Air Force
``will firmly defend national sovereignty, security and
maritime interests, safeguard regional peace and stability, and
cope with various threats and challenges''.
(15) On August 2, 2016, the Supreme People's Court of the
People's Republic of China issued a judicial interpretation
that people caught illegally fishing in Chinese waters could be
jailed for up to one year.
(16) In the Agreement concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the
Daito Islands with Related Arrangements, signed at Washington
and Tokyo June 17, 1971 (23 UST 446), between the United States
and Japan (commonly referred to as the ``Okinawa Reversion
Treaty''), the United States agreed to apply the Treaty of
Mutual Cooperation and Security, with Agreed Minute and
Exchanges of Notes (11 UST 1632), signed at Washington January
19, 1961, between the United States and Japan, to the area
covered by the Okinawa Reversion Treaty, including the Senkaku
Islands.
(17) In April 2014, President Barack Obama stated, ``The
policy of the United States is clear--the Senkaku Islands are
administered by Japan and therefore fall within the scope of
Article 5 of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and
Security. And we oppose any unilateral attempts to undermine
Japan's administration of these islands.''.
(18) In February 2017, President Donald Trump and Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a joint statement that
``affirmed that Article V of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual
Cooperation and Security covers the Senkaku Islands''.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Account; correspondent account; payable-through
account.--The terms ``account'', ``correspondent account'', and
``payable-through account'' have the meanings given those terms
in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code.
(2) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
(3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services,
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives.
(4) Chinese person.--The term ``Chinese person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of
the People's Republic of China; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
People's Republic of China or otherwise subject to the
jurisdiction of the Government of the People's Republic
of China.
(5) Financial institution.--The term ``financial
institution'' means a financial institution specified in
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J),
(K), (M), (N), (P), (R), (T), (Y), or (Z) of section 5312(a)(2)
of title 31, United States Code.
(6) Foreign financial institution.--The term ``foreign
financial institution'' has the meaning given that term in
section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or
any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(7) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has
actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the
circumstance, or the result.
(8) Person.--The term ``person'' means any individual or
entity.
(9) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
SEC. 4. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
AND THE EAST CHINA SEA.
It is the policy of the United States--
(1) to support the principle that disputes between
countries should be resolved peacefully consistent with
international law;
(2) to reaffirm its unwavering commitment and support for
allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region, including
longstanding United States policy--
(A) regarding Article V of the Mutual Defense
Treaty, signed at Washington, August 30, 1951 (3 UST
3947), between the United States and the Philippines;
and
(B) that Article V of the Mutual Defense Assistance
Agreement, with Annexes, signed at Tokyo, March 8, 1954
(5 UST 661), between the United States and Japan,
applies to the Senkaku Islands, which are administered
by Japan; and
(3) to support the principle of freedom of navigation and
overflight and to continue to use the sea and airspace wherever
international law allows.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE
EAST CHINA SEA.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States--
(A) opposes all claims in the maritime domains that
impinge on the rights, freedoms, and lawful use of the
seas that belong to all countries;
(B) opposes unilateral actions by the government of
any country seeking to change the status quo in the
South China Sea through the use of coercion,
intimidation, or military force;
(C) opposes actions by the government of any
country to interfere in any way in the free use of
waters and airspace in the South China Sea or East
China Sea;
(D) opposes actions by the government of any
country to prevent any other country from exercising
its sovereign rights to the resources of the exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf by making claims
that have no support in international law; and
(E) upholds the principle that territorial and
maritime claims, including with respect to territorial
waters or territorial seas, must be derived from land
features and otherwise comport with international law;
(2) the People's Republic of China should not continue to
pursue illegitimate claims and to militarize an area that is
essential to global security;
(3) the United States should--
(A) continue and expand freedom of navigation
operations and overflights;
(B) reconsider the traditional policy of not taking
a position on individual claims; and
(C) respond to provocations by the People's
Republic of China with commensurate actions that impose
costs on any attempts to undermine security in the
region;
(4) the Senkaku Islands are covered by Article V of the
Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement, with Annexes, signed at
Tokyo, March 8, 1954 (5 UST 661), between the United States and
Japan; and
(5) the United States should firmly oppose any unilateral
actions by the People's Republic of China that seek to
undermine Japan's control of the Senkaku Islands.
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHINESE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CHINA'S ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE EAST
CHINA SEA.
(a) Initial Imposition of Sanctions.--On and after the date that is
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect
to--
(1) any Chinese person that contributes to construction or
development projects, including land reclamation, island-
making, lighthouse construction, building of base stations for
mobile communications services, building of electricity and
fuel supply facilities, or civil infrastructure projects, in
areas of the South China Sea contested by one or more members
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations;
(2) any Chinese person that is responsible for or complicit
in, or has engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or
policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of
areas of the South China Sea contested by one or more members
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or areas of the
East China Sea administered by Japan or the Republic of Korea,
including through the use of vessels and aircraft to impose the
sovereignty of the People's Republic of China in those areas;
(3) any Chinese person that engages, or attempts to engage,
in an activity or transaction that materially contributes to,
or poses a risk of materially contributing to, an activity
described in paragraph (1) or (2); and
(4) any person that--
(A) is owned or controlled by a person described in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3);
(B) is acting for or on behalf of such a person; or
(C) provides, or attempts to provide--
(i) financial, material, technological, or
other support to a person described in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or
(ii) goods or services in support of an
activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or
(3).
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) Blocking of property.--The President shall block and
prohibit, in accordance with the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions
in all property and interests in property of any person subject
to subsection (a) if such property and interests in property
are in the United States, come within the United States, or are
or come within the possession or control of a United States
person.
(2) Exclusion from united states.--The Secretary of State
shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to
subsection (a) that is an alien.
(3) Current visa revoked.--The issuing consular officer,
the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security
(or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall revoke any
visa or other entry documentation issued to any person subject
to subsection (a) that is an alien, regardless of when issued.
The revocation shall take effect immediately and shall
automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry
documentation that is in the alien's possession.
(c) Exceptions; Penalties.--
(1) Inapplicability of national emergency requirement.--The
requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for
purposes of subsection (b)(1).
(2) Compliance with united nations headquarters
agreement.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) shall not
apply if admission of an alien to the United States is
necessary to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations,
signed at Lake Success, June 26, 1947, and entered into force,
November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United
States.
(3) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person
that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or
causes a violation of regulations prescribed under subsection
(b)(1) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person
that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of
such section 206.
(d) Additional Imposition of Sanctions.--
(1) In general.--The President shall prohibit the opening,
and prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in
the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-
through account by a foreign financial institution that the
President determines knowingly, on or after the date that is 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, conducts or
facilitates a significant financial transaction for a person
subject to subsection (a) if the Director of National
Intelligence determines that the Government of the People's
Republic of China has--
(A) declared an air defense identification zone
over any part of the South China Sea;
(B) initiated reclamation work at another disputed
location in the South China Sea, such as at Scarborough
Shoal;
(C) seized control of Second Thomas Shoal;
(D) deployed surface-to-air missiles to any of the
artificial islands the People's Republic of China has
built in the Spratly Island chain, including Fiery
Cross, Mischief, or Subi Reefs;
(E) established territorial baselines around the
Spratly Island chain;
(F) increased harassment of Philippine vessels; or
(G) increased provocative actions against the
Japanese Coast Guard or Maritime Self-Defense Force or
United States forces in the East China Sea.
(2) Report.--
(A) In general.--The determination of the Director
of National Intelligence referred to in paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in a report to the President and the
appropriate congressional committees.
(B) Form of report.--The report required by
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 7. DETERMINATIONS AND REPORT ON CHINESE COMPANIES ACTIVE IN THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE EAST CHINA SEA.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies each
Chinese person the Secretary determines is engaged in the activities
described in section 6(a).
(b) Consideration.--In preparing the report required under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall make specific findings with respect
to whether each of the following persons is involved in the activities
described in section 6(a):
(1) CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd.
(2) CCCC Dredging (Group) Company, Ltd.
(3) China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), Ltd.
(4) China Petroleum Corporation (Sinopec Group).
(5) China Mobile.
(6) China Telecom.
(7) China Southern Power Grid.
(8) CNFC Guangzhou Harbor Engineering Company.
(9) Zhanjiang South Project Construction Bureau.
(10) Hubei Jiangtian Construction Group.
(11) China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).
(12) Guangdong Navigation Group (GNG) Ocean Shipping.
(13) Shanghai Leading Energy Shipping.
(14) China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
(15) China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL).
(16) China Precision Machinery Import/Export Corporation
(CPMIEC).
(17) China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
(CASIC).
(18) Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
(19) Shenyang Aircraft Corporation.
(20) Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation.
(21) China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO).
(22) China Southern Airlines.
(23) Zhan Chaoying.
(24) Sany Group.
(25) Chinese persons affiliated with any of the entities
specified in paragraphs (1) through (24).
(c) Submission and Form.--
(1) Submission.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter until the
date that is 3 years after such date of enactment.
(2) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex if the Secretary determines it is necessary for the
national security interests of the United States to do so.
(3) Public availability.--The Secretary shall publish the
unclassified part of the report required by subsection (a) on a
publicly available website of the Department of State.
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION AGAINST DOCUMENTS PORTRAYING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA OR
THE EAST CHINA SEA AS PART OF CHINA.
The Government Publishing Office may not publish any map, document,
record, electronic resource, or other paper of the United States (other
than materials relating to hearings held by committees of Congress or
internal work product of a Federal agency) portraying or otherwise
indicating that it is the position of the United States that the
territory or airspace in the South China Sea contested by one or more
members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or the territory
or airspace of areas of the East China Sea administered by Japan or the
Republic of Korea is part of the territory or airspace of the People's
Republic of China.
SEC. 9. PROHIBITION ON FACILITATING CERTAIN INVESTMENTS IN THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA OR THE EAST CHINA SEA.
(a) In General.--No United States person may take any action to
approve, facilitate, finance, or guarantee any investment, provide
insurance, or underwriting in the South China Sea or the East China Sea
that involves any person with respect to which sanctions are imposed
under section 6(a).
(b) Enforcement.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is authorized to take such actions,
including the promulgation of such rules and regulations, as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and
(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations
prescribed under this section to the same extent that such penalties
apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection
(a) of such section 206.
(d) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
humanitarian assistance, disaster assistance, or emergency food
assistance.
SEC. 10. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AFFIRMATION OF NON-RECOGNITION OF
ANNEXATION.
In any matter before any United States court, upon request of the
court or any party to the matter, the Attorney General shall affirm the
United States policy of not recognizing the de jure or de facto
sovereignty of the People's Republic of China over territory or
airspace contested by one or more members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations in the South China Sea or the territory or
airspace of areas of the East China Sea administered by Japan or the
Republic of Korea.
SEC. 11. NON-RECOGNITION OF CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE SOUTH CHINA
SEA OR THE EAST CHINA SEA.
(a) United States Armed Forces.--The Secretary of Defense may not
take any action, including any movement of aircraft or vessels that
implies recognition of the sovereignty of the People's Republic of
China over territory or airspace contested by one or more members of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the South China Sea or
the territory or airspace of areas of the East China Sea administered
by Japan or the Republic of Korea.
(b) United States Flagged Vessels.--No vessel that is issued a
certificate of documentation under chapter 121 of title 46, United
States Code, may take any action that implies recognition of the
sovereignty of the People's Republic of China over territory or
airspace contested by one or more members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations in the South China Sea or the territory or
airspace of areas of the East China Sea administered by Japan or the
Republic of Korea.
(c) United States Aircraft.--No aircraft operated by an air carrier
that holds an air carrier certificate issued under chapter 411 of title
49, United States Code, may take any action that implies recognition of
the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China over territory or
airspace contested by one or more members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations in the South China Sea or the territory or
airspace of areas of the East China Sea administered by Japan or the
Republic of Korea.
SEC. 12. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT RECOGNIZE
CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA OR THE EAST
CHINA SEA.
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided by subsection (c) or (d), no
amounts may be obligated or expended to provide foreign assistance to
the government of any country identified in a report required by
subsection (b).
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until
the date that is 3 years after such date of enactment, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report identifying each country that
the Secretary determines recognizes, after such date of
enactment, the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China
over territory or airspace contested by one or more members of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the South China
Sea or the territory or airspace of areas of the East China Sea
administered by Japan or the Republic of Korea.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex if the Secretary of State determines it is necessary for
the national security interests of the United States to do so.
(3) Public availability.--The Secretary of State shall
publish the unclassified part of the report required by
paragraph (1) on a publicly available website of the Department
of State.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply with respect to
Taiwan, humanitarian assistance, disaster assistance, emergency food
assistance, or the Peace Corps.
(d) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection
(a) with respect to the government of a country if the President
determines that the waiver is in the national interests of the United
States.
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