[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5302]
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SA 3496. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Cassidy, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill
H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert
the following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Federal Transit Administration under
this title may be used in awarding a contract or subcontract
to an entity on or after the date of enactment of this Act
for the procurement of an asset within the mass transit and
passenger rail or freight rail subsectors included within the
transportation systems sector defined by President Policy
Directive 21 (Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience) including rolling stock, and the ensuing
regulations, if the entity is owned, directed, or subsidized
by a country that--
(1) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (as
defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) was identified by the United States Trade
Representative in the most recent report required by section
182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority
foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; and
(3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative
under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent
with the obligations of the United States under international
agreements.
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