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      "title": "Long Beach: Proposed Lease by China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) at Former Naval Base",
      "summary": "At issue was a proposal by the City of Long Beach, California, to lease a container terminal, to\nbe\nbuilt at the site of a closed naval station, to China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), a\ncommercial shipping company owned by China. (The lease was later canceled over an issue\nunrelated to COSCO.) The proposed expansion of COSCO's facilities at the Port of Long Beach\nraised some security issues concerning smuggling of guns by Chinese defense-related companies,\nproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, intelligence collection, and access to U.S. and\nPanamanian ports. In response, senior Clinton Administration officials wrote that COSCO's use of\na terminal to be built on former Naval property would not adversely affect national security. The\nNavy will be transferring its closed facilities to Long Beach in 1999 and 2000.\n  Some in Congress raised national security concerns about this proposed lease. Other Members\nsaid the proposed lease posed no security threats. The Defense Authorization Act for FY1998-1999\n(  P.L. 105-85  ) contained a compromise in Section 2826 that prohibits the Navy\nto convey the closed\nnaval station to COSCO but allows the President to waive the ban. As required, the FBI's Director\nand the Secretary of Defense submitted classified reports on counter-intelligence implications, dated, \nrespectively, on May 29 and September 14, 1998. Conferees on the Defense Authorization Act for\nFY 1999 (  H.R. 3616  /  P.L. 105-261  ) retained Rep. Hunter's amendment\nto remove\nthe waiver authority (sec. 2822), and the President signed it on October 17, 1998. This CRS report\nprovides background and analysis concerning potential national security issues, status of Long\nBeach's plan, and congressional action. This report will no longer be updated.",
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