[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2275 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2275

To include certain persons of the People's Republic of China on entity 
          lists maintained by the Department of the Treasury.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2023

  Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To include certain persons of the People's Republic of China on entity 
          lists maintained by the Department of the Treasury.

    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 ``Asserting International Restrictions 
to Strategically Hinder Intelligence Programs Act of 2023'' or the 
``AIRSHIP Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On February 1, 2023, a spy balloon originating from the 
        People's Republic of China was identified over the skies of 
        Montana.
            (2) From the time the balloon entered the airspace of the 
        United States until the balloon was terminated on February 4, 
        2023, the balloon collected and transmitted data regarding 
        sensitive national security sites, such as the missile fields 
        at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Cascade County, Montana.
            (3) Following the incident the Bureau of Industry and 
        Security added 6 entities of the People's Republic of China to 
        the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of 
        the Export Administration Regulations due to support by such 
        entities for military programs of the People's Republic of 
        China related to airships and balloons.
            (4) Of the 6 entities, only 1 has been added to the Non-SDN 
        Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List maintained 
        by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
        the Treasury and subject to sanctions by the Department of the 
        Treasury.
            (5) According to Executive Order 14032 (86 Fed. Reg. 30145; 
        relating to addressing the threat from securities investments 
        that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of 
        China)--
                    (A) there is a ``threat posed by the military-
                industrial complex of the People's Republic of China 
                and its involvement in military, intelligence, and 
                security research and development programs, and weapons 
                and related equipment production under'' the Military-
                Civil Fusion strategy of the People's Republic of 
                China; and
                    (B) ``the use of Chinese surveillance technology 
                outside the PRC and the development or use of Chinese 
                surveillance technology to facilitate repression or 
                serious human rights abuse constitute unusual and 
                extraordinary threats, which have their source in whole 
                or substantial part outside the United States, to the 
                national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
                United States''.
            (6) Executive Order 14032 explicitly expands the scope of 
        Executive Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        addressing the threat from securities investments that finance 
        Communist Chinese military companies).

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
              ON ENTITY LISTS.

    (a) Inclusion on Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex 
Companies List.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall include on the Non-SDN 
Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List maintained by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury the 
following persons:
            (1) The Beijing Nanjiang Aerospace Technology Company.
            (2) The Dongguan Lingkong Remote Sensing Technology 
        Company.
            (3) The Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group 
        Company.
            (4) The Guangzhou Tian-Hai-Xiang Aviation Technology 
        Company.
            (5) The Shanxi Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology 
        Group Company.
    (b) Inclusion on SDN List.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
include on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked 
persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control the 
following persons:
            (1) Xiong Qunli, the Chairman of China Electronics 
        Technology Group Corporation.
            (2) Wu Zhe, a Chinese scientist and professor of 
        aeronautics at Beihang University.
            (3) Wang Dong, the General Manager and largest shareholder 
        of Deluxe Family.
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