[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5931 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5931

   To require a briefing from a senior official of the Department of 
  Defense on actions by the People's Republic of China in Africa that 
           pose a threat to United States national security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 2023

                 Mr. Rose introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

              Referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require a briefing from a senior official of the Department of 
  Defense on actions by the People's Republic of China in Africa that 
           pose a threat to United States national security.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Chinese Threats to U.S. 
National Security in Africa Act''.

SEC. 2. BRIEFING ON ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN AFRICA 
              THAT POSE A THREAT TO UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for African Affairs or another appropriate senior 
official of the Department of Defense, shall brief members of Congress 
on the actions by the People's Republic of China in Africa that pose a 
threat to United States national security and the plan of the 
Department to counter such threats.
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