,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chdd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 #bjbj
 ,mr4 ,menendez introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a    
study conducted by the ,secretary of    
,state on the future of arms control    
with the ,people's ,republic of ,china4 
#a4 ,findings ,congress makes the       
following findings3 7#a7 ,since #aifd1  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china has   
been a nuclear weapons state and has    
developed strategic and tactical systems
 capable of threatening the ,united     
,states1 ,united ,states allies and     
partners1 and ,united ,states and       
alliance assets in the ,indo-,pacific   
region4  7#b7 ,the ,government of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china continues 
to develop additional nuclear1 space1   
cyberspace1 and other advanced and      
emerging capabilities with the ability  
to threaten targets across the globe4   

7#c7 ,the ,people's ,republic of ,china 
maintains limited1 survivable nuclear   
forces intended to guarantee a damaging 
retaliatory strike1 with its strategic  
nuclear forces consisting of            
approximately #ij nuclear-capable       
intercontinental ballistic missiles     
7,i,c,b,ms7 and #cjj nuclear warheads4  
7#d7 ,according to the ,department of   
,defense1 in addition to its ,,icbm     
capabilities1 the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china retains four operational        
,,jin-class 7,type #jid7 nuclear-powered
 ballistic missile submarines           
7,s,s,b,ns7 with two more under         
construction1 all of which carry the    
modern ,,jl-#b submarine-launched       
ballistic missile 7,,slbm74  7#e7       
,according to the ,defense ,intelligence
 ,agency's 7,,dia7 #bjai ,china         
,military ,power ,report1 the ,people's 
,republic of ,china's nuclear delivery  
systems continue to undergo a           
modernization program that will make its
 arsenal more mobile1 responsive1 and   

accurate4  7#f7 ,the ,,dia also reports 
that the ,people's ,liberation ,army    
,rocket ,forces 7,,plarf7 fields        
appropriately #a1bjj short-range        
missiles and hundreds of medium-range   
ballistic missiles that have the ability
 to strike ,taiwan and other regional   
targets4  7#g7 ,in #bjjg1 the           
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china used an anti-satellite missile
 to destroy a weather satellite1        
creating potentially hazardous debris in
 a heavily used belt of ,earth's orbit4 
7#h7 ,the ,people's ,liberation ,army   
continues to develop anti-satellite     
capabilities1 including research and    
possible development of directed energy 
weapons and satellite jammers4  7#i7 ,in
 ,october #bjai1 the ,government of the 
,people's ,republic of ,china exhibited 
,,df-#ag missiles1 a hypersonic glider  
with the ability to rapidly maneuver at 
high speeds during flight4 ,hypersonic  
guide vehicles create a new threat to   
critical infrastructure1 including the  

,united ,states command and control     
system4  7#aj7 ,on ,december #c1 #bjai1 
,assistant ,secretary of ,state for     
,international ,security and            
,nonproliferation ,christopher ,ford1 in
 testimony before the ,committee on     
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate1 said
 ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump has      
publicly called for us to engage both   
,moscow and ,beijing in a new project of
 trilateral arms control to help        
effectively manage strategic competition
 and build towards a better1 safer1 and 
more prosperous future together4  #b4   
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this ,act1 the term         
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,relations and the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs and the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services of the  
,house of ,representatives4  #c4        
,statement of policy ,it is the policy  
of the ,united ,states that an arms     

control dialogue with the ,people's     
,republic of ,china1 coordinated with   
,united ,states allies and shaped by a  
coherent ,indo-,pacific strategy1 is in 
the national security interests of the  
,united ,states4  #d4 ,report on the    
future of ,united ,states-,china arms   
control ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,state1 in            
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,defense1 shall submit to the           
appropriate congressional committees a  
report1 and a separate classified annex1
 that examines the approaches and       
strategic effects of engaging the       
,people's ,republic of ,china on arms   
control1 including--  7#a7 areas of     
potential dialogue between the          
,governments of the ,united ,states and 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china1      
including on nuclear1 ballistic1 and    
cruise missiles1 conventional forces1   
space1 and cyberspace issues1 as well as
 other new strategic domains1 which     

could reduce the likelihood of war1     
limit escalation if a conflict were to  
occur1 and constrain a destabilizing    
arms race in the ,indo-,pacific2  7#b7  
how the ,united ,states ,government can 
foster increased interest on the part of
 the ,government of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china in arms control2    
7#c7 identifying strategic military     
capabilities of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china that the ,united ,states      
,government is most concerned about and 
how limiting these capabilities may     
benefit ,united ,states and allied      
security interests2  7#d7 opportunities 
for multilateral arms control in the    
,indo-,pacific region2  7#e7 mechanisms 
to avoid1 manage1 or control nuclear1   
conventional1 and unconventional        
military escalation between the ,united 
,states and the ,people's ,republic of  
,china2 and  7#f7 opportunities and     
methods to create strategic transparency
 between the ,united ,states and the    
,people's ,republic of ,china4