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 123STA T . 2 54 5 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (C)Adescript i on o f s u c hm i l it a r y- to-military contacts scheduled for the 12 -month period follo w in g the period co v ered b y the report and the plan for future contacts . ‘‘( D ) T he S ecretary ’ s assessment of the benefits the Chinese e x pect to gain from such military-to-military con- tacts. ‘‘( E ) The Secretary’s assessment of the benefits the Department of Defense expects to gain from such military- to-military contacts , and any concerns regarding such con- tacts. ‘‘( F ) The Secretary’s assessment of how such military- to-military contacts fit into the larger security relationship between the U nited States and the P eople’s R epublic of China. ‘‘(12) O ther military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China that the Secretary of Defense considers relevant to United States national security.’’. (c) C ONF O RMI N G AM E N D MEN T . — Such section is further amended in the heading by stri k ing ‘‘ MIL I TARYPOWE RO F ’’ and inserting ‘‘MILITARY A NDS E CU RITY DE V ELOPMENTS INVOLVIN G ’’. (d) RE P E ALS .—Section 12 0 1 of the N ational Defense Authori z a- tion Act for Fiscal Y ear 2000 (Public L aw 10 6– 6 5; 11 3 Stat. 7 7 9 10 U.S.C. 16 8 note) is amended by striking subsections (e) and (f). (e) EFFE C TI V E DATE.— (1) I N GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports re q uired to be submitted under subsection (a) of section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, as so amended, on or after that date. (2) STRATEG Y AND U PDATES FOR MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CON- TACTS W IT H PEOPLE’S LI B ERATION ARMY.—The requirement to include the strategy described in paragraph (11)(A) of section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, as so amended, in the report required to be sub- mitted under section 1202(a) of such Act, as so amended, shall apply with respect to the first report required to be submitted under section 1202(a) of such Act on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. The requirement to include updates to such strategy shall apply with respect to each subsequent report required to be submitted under section 1202(a) of such Act on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC.1247 . R E PO R T O NIM P A CTS O FD RA W DOWN A U T H ORITIES ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) REPORT RE Q UIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an annual report, in unclassified form but with a classified annex if necessary, on the impacts of drawdown authorities on the Department of Defense. The report required under this subsection shall be submitted concurrent with the budget submitted to Congress by the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. (b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required under sub- section (a) shall contain the following elements
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