This special committee, created by a 409–10 vote of the 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.
这个由美国众议院于1998年6月18日以409-10票结果投票成立的特別委员会的任务是调查技术或其他信息是否转移到中华人民共和国，因为这些技术很有可能被用于加强已有核武器、发展洲际弹道导弹或研制其他大规模毁灭性武器。