[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2462 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2462

To prohibit the use of Federal funds for implementing or administering 
 any provision of the memorandum of understanding reached between the 
        Secretary of Energy and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2023

 Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mr. Posey, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. 
Crawford, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Williams 
 of New York, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Tiffany, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Ms. 
Greene of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for implementing or administering 
 any provision of the memorandum of understanding reached between the 
        Secretary of Energy and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

    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 ``Protect American Energy From China 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN 
              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

    Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no Federal funds 
may be made available to implement or administer any provision of the 
memorandum of understanding reached between the Secretary of Energy and 
the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Cooperation in Nuclear Energy 
Sciences and Technology (signed in December 2011).
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