,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cahg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjag,mr4 
,yoho 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1  
,mr4 ,suozzi1 and ,mr4 ,mc,caul7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to advance       
,united ,states interests in the freedom
 of navigation by enhancing             
congressional oversight of freedom of   
navigation operations conducted by the  
,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,maritime ,security             
,accountability ,act of #bjag4  #b4     
,modification of annual update of       
,department of ,defense ,freedom of     
,navigation ,operations report  7a7 ,in 
general ,subsection 7b7 of section #abge
 of the ,national ,defense              
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjag 7,public ,law #aad-cbh2 #acj      
,stat4 #bedj7 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  7#d7 ,for each  

country identified under paragraph 7#a7 
as making an excessive maritime claim   
challenged by the ,united ,states under 
the program referred to in subsection   
7a71 the types and locations of         
excessive maritime claims by such       
country that have not been challenged by
 the ,united ,states1 if any1 under the 
program referred to in subsection 7a74  
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made subsection 7a7 takes effect of the 
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
applies with respect to each report     
required to be submitted under section  
#abge of the ,national ,defense         
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjag on or after such date of          
enactment4