enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the China Coast Guard (referred to in this section as the CCG ). (b) Contents The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following: (1) How the change in the command structure of the CCG affects the status of the CCG as a law enforcement entity considering that the CCG now reports to the Central Military Commission. (2) The implications of the new command structure of the CCG with respect to the use of the CCG as a coercive tool in gray zone activity in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. (3) How the change in the command structure of the CCG may affect interactions between the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard and the China Coast Guard. (4) Whether the China Coast Guard should be designated as a military force by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security. (c) Form The report submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (d) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate