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S. 1791 118th Congress Senate

China Defense Spending Transparency Act

Official title: A bill to require the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to conduct a comparative study on the defense budgets of the People's Republic of China and the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 1, 2023 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Jun 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Jun 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 1, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

China Defense Spending Transparency Act

This bill requires the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to submit a report to Congress comparing the defense budgets of the United States and China. The report must be made available to the public on the DIA website.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2226 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
  • HR 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jun 1, 2023
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Jun 1, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1791: China Defense Spending Transparency Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1791/
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"S. 1791: China Defense Spending Transparency Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1791/.
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S. 1791, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1791/.
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