[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2748. Mr. PORTMAN 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:

       In section 1702(b), strike paragraphs (2) through (5) and 
     insert the following:
       (2) the potential national security-related effects of the 
     cumulative market share of or a pattern of recent 
     transactions in any one type of infrastructure, energy asset, 
     critical material, critical technology, or media or 
     entertainment platform by foreign persons;
       (3) whether any foreign person that would acquire an 
     interest in a United States business or its assets as a 
     result of a transaction has a history of complying with 
     United States laws and regulations;
       (4) the extent to which a transaction is likely to expose, 
     either directly or indirectly, personally identifiable 
     information, genetic information, or other sensitive data of 
     United States citizens to access by a foreign government or 
     foreign person that may exploit that information in a manner 
     that threatens national security; and
       (5) whether a transaction is likely to have the effect of 
     exacerbating or creating new cybersecurity vulnerabilities in 
     the United States or is likely to result in a foreign 
     government gaining a significant new capability to engage in 
     malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United States, 
     to undermine media freedoms, or to facilitate the employment 
     of foreign disinformation, propaganda campaigns, or influence 
     operations against the United States, including such 
     activities designed to affect the outcome of any election for 
     Federal office.
       (c) Report on Transactions With Censorship Implications.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Committee on Foreign 
     Investment in the United States shall submit to Congress a 
     report on investments by foreign persons in the entertainment 
     and information sectors of the United States that includes an 
     analysis of the extent to which such investments have 
     resulted in or could result in direct or indirect censorship, 
     including self-censorship, within the United States.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Report on Efforts to Coordinate Screening of Sensitive 
     Investments With Allies.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall, in 
     coordination with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
     United States, submit to Congress a report on ongoing efforts 
     of the United States to assist countries that are members of 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European Union 
     in the development and synchronization of best practices, 
     standards, and processes to screen investments by countries 
     of special concern in critical technology or critical 
     infrastructure that would affect national security interests 
     shared by the United States and such member countries.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``country 
     of special concern'', ``critical technology'', and ``critical 
     infrastructure'' have the meanings given those terms in 
     section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
     amended by section 1703.
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