[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3551]
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SA 2131. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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 end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1262. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE GOODS OR
SERVICES FROM COMMUNIST CHINESE MILITARY
COMPANIES.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020
and available for obligation as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, or authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available for fiscal year 2021 or any fiscal year
thereafter, may be obligated or expended to purchase goods or
services from a person on the list required by section
1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701
note).
(b) Application to Private Entities and State and Local
Governments.--
(1) In general.--The prohibition under subsection (a)
includes a prohibition on the obligation or expenditure of
funds described in that subsection for the purchase of goods
or services from persons described in that subsection by a
private entity or a State or local government that received
such funds through a grant or any other means.
(2) Certification required to receive future funds.--On and
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of an
executive agency may not provide funds described in
subsection (a) to a private entity or a State or local
government unless the entity or government certifies that the
entity or government, as the case may be, is not purchasing
goods or services from a person described in subsection (a).
(c) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term
``executive agency'' has the meaning given that term in
section 133 of title 41, United States Code.
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