[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8878 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8878

    To prohibit the use of funds to purchase goods or services from 
                 Communist Chinese military companies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2020

  Mr. Norman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the use of funds to purchase goods or services from 
                 Communist Chinese military companies.

    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 ``No Funds to China's Military Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE GOODS OR SERVICES FROM 
              COMMUNIST CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 and available for 
obligation as of the date of the enactment of this Act, or authorized 
to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 or 
any fiscal year thereafter, may be obligated or expended to purchase 
goods or services from a person on the list required by section 1237(b) 
of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
    (b) Application to Private Entities and State and Local 
Governments.--
            (1) In general.--The prohibition under subsection (a) 
        includes a prohibition on the obligation or expenditure of 
        funds described in that subsection for the purchase of goods or 
        services from persons described in that subsection by a private 
        entity or a State or local government that received such funds 
        through a grant or any other means.
            (2) Certification required to receive future funds.--
                    (A) In general.--On and after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, the head of an executive agency 
                shall ensure that funds described in subsection (a) are 
                not provided to a private entity or a State or local 
                government unless the entity or government certifies 
                that the entity or government, as the case may be, is 
                not purchasing goods or services from a person 
                described in subsection (a).
                    (B) Review.--The head of an executive agency shall 
                conduct a review of the use of funds described in 
                subsection (a) that are provided to a private entity or 
                a State or local government to ensure compliance with 
                the requirements of subparagraph (A).
    (c) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
``executive agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 133 of 
title 41, United States Code.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the head of each of the 
Federal departments and agencies described in subsection (b) shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
contains a complete list of grant and other funding programs 
administered by the department or agency with respect to which the head 
of the department or agency determines are most vulnerable to 
exploitation by persons described in section 2(a).
    (b) Federal Departments and Agencies Described.--The Federal 
departments and agencies described in this subsection are the 
following:
            (1) The Department of Energy.
            (2) The Department of the Interior.
            (3) The Department of Agriculture.
            (4) The Federal Communications Commission.
            (5) The Department of Transportation.
            (6) The Department of Defense.
            (7) The Department of Homeland Security.
            (8) The Department of Commerce.
    (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and other relevant 
        committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs and other relevant committees of jurisdiction of the 
        Senate.
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