[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3148 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3148

 To prohibit certain business concerns from receiving assistance from 
       the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2018

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit certain business concerns from receiving assistance from 
       the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Denying Chinese Investors Access to 
U.S. Small Business Aid Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AFFILIATION WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) Prohibition on affiliation with the people's 
        republic of china.--For purposes of this Act, a small business 
        concern may not--
                    ``(A) be headquartered in the People's Republic of 
                China;
                    ``(B) be owned or affiliated by citizens of the 
                People's Republic of China or an entity owned or 
                controlled by, or otherwise connected to, the 
                Government of the People's Republic of China; or
                    ``(C) have more than 25 percent of the voting stock 
                of the small business concern owned by affiliates that 
                are citizens of the People's Republic of China.''.
    (b) Regulations and Guidance.--The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall amend the regulations and guidance of the 
Administration, including sections 120.100, 120.110, and 121.105 of 
title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, to carry out the amendment made 
by this Act.
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