[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3645 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3645

 To prohibit the Federal Government from contracting with persons that 
have business operations with the Beijing Organising Committee for the 
 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games or the International Olympic 
                   Committee, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2021

Mr. Waltz (for himself, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. 
Gonzalez of Ohio, and Ms. Wexton) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from contracting with persons that 
have business operations with the Beijing Organising Committee for the 
 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games or the International Olympic 
                   Committee, 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 ``Beijing Winter Olympics Sponsor 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS THAT HAVE BUSINESS 
              OPERATIONS WITH THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING, 
              CHINA.

    (a) Civilian Agency Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        head of an executive agency may not enter into a contract (or 
        subcontract at any tier) for the procurement of goods or 
        services with any person that has business operations with the 
        Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and 
        Paralympic Winter Games or the International Olympic Committee.
            (2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
        requirement does not apply to a contract (or subcontract at any 
        tier) that the Secretary of State determines is vital to the 
        national security interests of the United States.
            (3) Notification.--The Secretary of State shall notify 
        Congress of any contract (or subcontract at any tier) entered 
        into on the basis of an exception provided for under paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Defense Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter 
        into a contract (or subcontract at any tier) for the 
        procurement of goods or services with any person that has 
        business operations with the Beijing Organising Committee for 
        the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games or the 
        International Olympic Committee.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to a contract 
        (or subcontract at any tier) that the Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, determines is vital 
        to the national security interests of the United States.
            (3) Notification.--The Secretary of Defense shall notify 
        Congress of any contract (or subcontract at any tier) entered 
        into on the basis of an exception provided for under paragraph 
        (1).
    (c) Applicability.--
            (1) Contracts.--This section shall apply with respect to 
        any contract entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
        of this section.
            (2) Termination of business operations.--This section shall 
        not apply with respect to a person that terminates business 
        operations with the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 
        Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games or the International 
        Olympic Committee within 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this section.
    (d) Sales Prohibition.--Effective 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a facility of the Federal Government may not 
sell any product made by any person that has business operations with 
the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic 
Winter Games or the International Olympic Committee.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Business operations.--The term ``business operations'' 
        means engaging in commerce in any form, including acquiring, 
        developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, 
        or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, 
        services, personal property, real property, or any other 
        apparatus of business or commerce.
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United 
        States Code.
            (3) Person.--The term ``person'' means--
                    (A) a natural person, corporation, company, 
                business association, partnership, society, trust, or 
                any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or 
                group;
                    (B) any governmental entity or instrumentality of a 
                government, including a multilateral development 
                institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(3) of the 
                International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
                262r(c)(3))); and
                    (C) any successor, subunit, parent entity, or 
                subsidiary of, or any entity under common ownership or 
                control with, any entity described in subparagraph (A) 
                or (B).
    (f) Termination.--This section and the requirements of this section 
shall terminate on--
            (1) the date on which a determination is made that the 2022 
        winter Olympics will not be held in the People's Republic of 
        China; or
            (2) September 30, 2025.
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