[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2711. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1250. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
                   EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY CERTAIN 
                   CHINESE ENTITIES.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act or any other provision of law, none of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense may be 
     obligated or expended for the operation, maintenance, 
     sustainment, or procurement of--
       (1) telecommunications equipment produced by an entity 
     described in subsection (b);
       (2) telecommunications services provided by such an entity 
     or using such equipment; or
       (3) telecommunications equipment or services produced or 
     provided by an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence or 
     the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
     reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by, 
     or otherwise connected to, the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (b) Entity Described.--An entity described in this 
     subsection is--
       (1) Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation; or
       (2) any entity owned or controlled by, or under common 
     ownership or control with, an entity described in paragraph 
     (1).
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