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Sec. 4 · S. 1731

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Introduced · Sec. 4

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (F) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (G) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and (H) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) PLA The term PLA means the People's Liberation Army of the PRC. (3) PRC The term PRC means the People's Republic of China. (4) PRC global basing The term PRC global basing means the establishment of physical locations outside the geographic boundaries of the PRC where the PRC maintains some element of the People’s Liberation Army, PRC intelligence or security forces, or infrastructure designed to support the presence of PRC military, intelligence, or security forces, for the purposes of potential power projection.

•S 1731 ISSEC. 4
Committee version · Sec. 4

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (F) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (G) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and (H) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) PLA The term PLA means the People's Liberation Army of the PRC. (3) PRC The term PRC means the People's Republic of China. (4) PRC global basing The term PRC global basing means the establishment of physical locations outside the geographic boundaries of the PRC where the PRC maintains some element of the People’s Liberation Army, PRC intelligence or security forces, or infrastructure designed to support the presence of PRC military, intelligence, or security forces, for the purposes of potential power projection.

•S 1731 RSSEC. 4

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