[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8331 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8331

 To provide a funding limitation on funds appropriated under the CARES 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2020

 Mr. Posey (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Spano, and 
  Mr. Cloud) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a funding limitation on funds appropriated under the CARES 
                                  Act.

    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 ``Accountability for CARES Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING LIMITATION.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated under the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116-136) may be provided to an entity that is under the 
foreign ownership, control, or influence of--
            (1) the Government of the People's Republic of China;
            (2) the Chinese Communist Party; or
            (3) an entity domiciled in the People's Republic of China.
    (b) Clawback.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall recover all of the amounts appropriated 
under the CARES Act that were provided to entities described in 
subsection (a).
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