,i #aagth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #hbic ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #e1 #bjbb,mr4 ,torres of ,new ,york 7for himself and ,mrs4 ,mc,clain7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,financial ,services1 ,oversight and ,reform1 the ,judiciary1 and ,ways and ,means1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to require a report on security cooperation with respect to ,western ,balkan countries4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,balkans ,security ,cooperation ,act4 #b4 ,report on security cooperation with respect to ,western ,balkan countries 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 with the concurrence of the ,secretary of ,state1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on security cooperation with respect to ,western ,balkan countries4 7b7 ,matters ,to be included ,the report required by subsection 7a7 shall include the following3 7#a7 ,an assessment of security cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,russian ,federation1 including the following3 7,a7 ,a list of ,russian weapons systems and other military hardware and technology valued at #a1jjj1jjj or more that have been provided to or purchased by each ,western ,balkan country since #bjab4 7,b7 ,a description of the participation of each ,western ,balkan country's security forces in training or exercises with the ,russian ,federation since #bjab4 7,c7 ,a description of any security cooperation agreements each ,western ,balkan country has entered into with the ,russian ,federation4 7,d7 ,an assessment of intelligence cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,russian ,federation4 7,e7 ,an assessment of how security cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,russian ,federation affects the security interests of the ,united ,states1 the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization 7,,nato71 the ,western ,balkan country1 and each ,,nato member state that borders the ,western ,balkan country4 7#b7 ,an assessment of security cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 including the following3 7,a7 ,a list of ,chinese weapons systems and other military hardware and technology valued at #a1jjj1jjj or more that have been provided to or purchased by each ,western ,balkan country since #bjab4 7,b7 ,a description of the participation of each ,western ,balkan country's security forces in training or exercises with the ,people's ,republic of ,china since #bjab4 7,c7 ,a description of any security cooperation agreements each ,western ,balkan country has entered into with the ,people's ,republic of ,china4 7,d7 ,an assessment of intelligence cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,people's ,republic of ,china4 7,e7 ,an assessment of how security cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,people's ,republic of ,china affects the security interests of the ,united ,states1 the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization 7,,nato71 the ,western ,balkan country1 and each ,,nato member state that borders the ,western ,balkan country4 7#c7 ,an assessment of security cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,united ,states1 including the following3 7,a7 ,a list of ,united ,states weapons systems and other military hardware and technology valued at #a1jjj1jjj or more that have been provided to or purchased by each ,western ,balkan country since #bjab4 7,b7 ,a description of the participation of each ,western ,balkan country's security forces in training or exercises with the ,united ,states since #bjab4 7,c7 ,a description of any security cooperation agreements each ,western ,balkan country has entered into with the ,united ,states4 7,d7 ,an assessment of intelligence cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and the ,united ,states4 7#d7 ,an assessment of security cooperation between each ,western ,balkan country and ,,nato4 7#e7 ,a description of each ,western ,balkan country's participation and activities in ,,nato's ,partnership for ,peace program1 if applicable4 7#f7 ,an assessment of the ,russian ,humanitarian ,center in ,ni1 ,serbia1 and any influence or coordination it may have with ,russian ,federation ,intelligence ,agencies4 7c7 ,assessment and determination relating to conduct of significant transactions under ,,caatsa 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,state1 acting through the ,president1 shall include in the report required by subsection 7a7 an assessment and determination of whether any ,western ,balkan country has conducted a significant transaction described in section #bca of the ,countering ,america's ,adversaries ,through ,sanctions ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #iebe74 7#b7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this subsection may be construed to obviate any requirement of section #bca of the ,countering ,america's ,adversaries ,through ,sanctions ,act4 7d7 ,form ,the report required by subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in unclassified form1 but may include a classified annex4 7e7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7,a7 congressional defense committees 7as such term is defined in section #aja of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code72 and 7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 7#b7 the term #8#8,western ,balkan countries'' means-- 7,a7 ,albania2 7,b7 ,bosnia and ,herzegovina2 7,c7 ,croatia2 7,d7 ,kosovo2 7,e7 ,montenegro2 7,f7 ,north ,macedonia2 7,g7 ,serbia2 and 7,h7 ,slovenia4