[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3517-S3518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 516. Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Menendez) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 1262. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY 
                   AND RELATED SERVICES.

       (a) Requirement for a License to Export Services Relating 
     to Biometric Information Systems.--
       (1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall require a license for the export of any training, 
     advice, or installation, integration, support, or other 
     services, related to a system--
       (A) designed to identify, or verify the identity of, an 
     individual using biometric information; or
       (B) used to collect, store, search, or operate on biometric 
     information.
       (2) List required.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a list of all licenses granted pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) during the year preceding the submission of the 
     report.
       (b) Restriction on Export of Surveillance Technology to 
     China.--Digital surveillance equipment, technology, or 
     services may not be exported to the People's Republic of 
     China unless, not less than 15 days before the export to the 
     People's Republic of China of any such equipment, technology, 
     or service, the President determines and certifies to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that--
       (1) the export of the equipment, technology, or service is 
     not detrimental to United States industry;
       (2) the export of the equipment, technology, or service, 
     including any indirect benefit that could be derived from the 
     export of the equipment, service, or technology, will not 
     measurably improve the digital surveillance capabilities of 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China; and
       (3) the export of the equipment, technology, or service 
     does not negatively affect the security of the United States.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (2) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States; or
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity.

     SEC. 1263. DISCLOSURES RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
                   OF CHINA.

       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) 
     is amended by inserting after section 14B (15 U.S.C. 78n-2) 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 14C. DISCLOSURES RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
                   OF CHINA.

       ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
     of this section, the Commission shall issue final rules to 
     require each

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     issuer, in the annual report of the issuer submitted under 
     section 13 or section 15(d) or in the annual proxy statement 
     of the issuer submitted under section 14(a)--
       ``(1) to certify that the issuer has not exported any 
     equipment, technology, or service that could measurably 
     improve the digital surveillance capabilities of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, including 
     through any indirect benefit that could be derived from the 
     export of the equipment, service, or technology;
       ``(2) to disclose whether the issuer has willingly or 
     unwillingly provided any training, advice, or installation, 
     integration, support, or other services, related to a 
     system--
       ``(A) designed to identify, or verify the identity of, an 
     individual using biometric information; or
       ``(B) used to collect, store, search, or operate on 
     biometric information; and
       ``(3) to include a strategy to assure that the issuer will 
     not willingly or unwillingly provided any training, advice or 
     installation, integration, support, or other services related 
     to a system described in paragraph (2) that could measurably 
     improve the digital surveillance capabilities of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China.''.
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