[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3525-S3526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2088. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GRANT FUNDS TO ENTITIES 
                   THAT HAVE VIOLATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 
                   OF UNITED STATES ENTITIES.

       Section 47110 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Prohibition on Provision of Grant Funds to Entities 
     That Have Violated Intellectual Property Rights of United 
     States Entities.--
       ``(1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this subsection, amounts 
     provided as project grants under this subchapter may not be 
     used to enter into a contract described in paragraph (2) with 
     any entity on the list required by paragraph (3).
       ``(2) Contract described.--A contract described in this 
     paragraph is a contract or other agreement for the 
     procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger 
     boarding bridge at an airport.
       ``(3) List required.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this section, and thereafter as required by 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration shall, based on information provided 
     by the United States Trade Representative and the Attorney 
     General, make available to the public a list of entities 
     that--
       ``(i)(I) are owned or controlled by, or receive subsidies 
     from, the government of a country--

       ``(aa) identified by the Trade Representative under 
     subsection (a)(1) of section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
     U.S.C. 2242) in the most recent report required by that 
     section; and
       ``(bb) subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative 
     under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); 
     and

       ``(II) have been determined by a Federal court to have 
     misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from 
     an entity organized under the laws of the United States or 
     any jurisdiction within the United States; or
       ``(ii) own or control, are owned or controlled by, are 
     under common ownership or control with, or are successors to, 
     an entity described in clause (i).
       ``(B) Updates to list.--The Administrator shall update the 
     list required by subparagraph (A), based on information 
     provided by the Trade Representative and the Attorney 
     General--

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       ``(i) not less frequently than every 90 days during the 
     180-day period following the initial publication of the list 
     under subparagraph (A); and
       ``(ii) not less frequently than annually during the 5-year 
     period following the 180-day period described in clause (i).
       ``(C) Continuation of requirement to update list.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than the end of the 5-year 
     period described in subparagraph (B)(ii), the Administrator 
     shall make a determination with respect to whether continuing 
     to update the list required by subparagraph (A) is necessary 
     to carry out this subsection.
       ``(ii) Effect of determination that updates are 
     necessary.--If the Administrator determines under clause (i) 
     that continuing to update the list required by subparagraph 
     (A) is necessary, the Administrator shall continue to update 
     the list, based on information provided by the Trade 
     Representative and the Attorney General, not less frequently 
     than annually.
       ``(iii) Effect of determination that updates are not 
     necessary.--If the Administrator determines under clause (i) 
     that continuing to update the list required by subparagraph 
     (A) is not necessary, the Administrator shall, not later than 
     90 days after making the determination, submit to Congress a 
     report on the determination and the reasons for the 
     determination.''.
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