REPORT ON THE SECURITY SITUATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

SEC. 1233. REPORT ON THE SECURITY SITUATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. (a) Report.—Not later than April 1, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the security situation on the Korean peninsula. The report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form. (b) Matters to be Included.—The Secretary shall include in the report under subsection (a) the following: (1) A net assessment analysis of the warfighting capabilities of the Combined Forces Command (CFC) of the United States and the Republic of Korea compared with the armed forces of North Korea. (2) An assessment of challenges posed by the armed forces of North Korea to the defense of the Republic of Korea and to United States forces deployed to the region.113 STAT. 789 (3) An assessment of the current status and the future direction of weapons of mass destruction programs and ballistic missile programs of North Korea, including a determination as to whether or not North Korea— (A) is continuing to pursue a nuclear weapons program; (B) is seeking equipment and technology with which to enrich uranium; and (C) is pursuing an offensive biological weapons program. (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (1) the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.