Editing Cox Report (section)

==Committee created by the U.S. House of Representatives==
The report was the work product of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China. This special committee, created by a 409–10 vote of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] on June 18, 1998, was tasked with the responsibility of investigating whether technology or information was transferred to the People's Republic of China that may have contributed to the enhancement of the nuclear-armed [[intercontinental ballistic missiles]] or to the manufacture of [[weapons of mass destruction]].

A similar investigation had already begun in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] under the leadership of [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Fred Dalton Thompson|Fred Thompson]] (Republican-[[Tennessee]]). Thompson had opened his hearings on China's influence in America's 1996 presidential and congressional elections 11 months earlier (on July 8, 1997).

{| class=wikitable
!Majority
!Minority
|-
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Christopher Cox]], California, ''Chairman''
* [[Porter Goss]], Florida, ''Vice Chairman''
* [[Doug Bereuter]], Nebraska
* [[James V. Hansen]], Utah
* [[Curt Weldon]], Pennsylvania
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[Norm Dicks]], Washington, ''Ranking Member''
* [[John Spratt]], South Carolina
* [[Lucille Roybal-Allard]], California
* [[Bobby Scott (U.S. politician)|Bobby Scott]], Virginia
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The [[Chairperson|Chairman]] of the committee was [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Rep. Christopher Cox of [[California]], whose name became synonymous with the committee's final report. Four other Republicans and Democrats served on the panel, including Representative [[Norm Dicks]], who served as the [[Ranking member|ranking]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member. The committee's final report was approved unanimously by all 9 members. The [[redaction|redacted]] version of the report was released to the public May 25, 1999.