[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3559]
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SA 2154. Mr. CRUZ 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. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PRODUCTION OF FILMS
AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR FILMS
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR
SCREENING IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
(a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--The President may only
authorize the provision of technical support or access to an
asset controlled by the Federal Government for, or authorize
the head of a Federal agency to enter into a contract
relating to, the production or funding of a film by a United
States company if the United States company, as a condition
of receiving the support or access--
(1) provides to the Secretary a list of all films produced
or funded by the United States company the content of which
has been submitted, during the shorter of the preceding 10-
year period or the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, to an official of the Government of
the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party
for evaluation with respect to screening the film in the
People's Republic of China, including, for each film--
(A) the title of the film; and
(B) the date on which the submittal occurred;
(2) enters into a written agreement with the President, or
the Federal agency providing the support or access, not to
alter the content of the film in response to, or in
anticipation of, a request by an official of the Government
of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist
Party; and
(3) submits such agreement to the Secretary.
(b) Prohibition With Respect to Films Subject to Conditions
on Content or Altered for Screening in the People's Republic
of China.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may
not authorize the provision of technical support or access to
any asset controlled by the Federal Government for, or
authorize the head of a Federal agency to enter into any
contract relating to, the production or funding of a film by
a United States company if--
(1) the film is co-produced by an entity located in the
People's Republic of China that is subject to conditions on
content imposed by an official of the Government of the
People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; or
(2) with respect to the most recent report submitted under
subsection (c), the United States company is listed in the
report under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) of that
subsection.
(c) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on films disclosed under subsection (a)
that are associated with a United States company that has
received technical support or access to an asset controlled
by the Federal Government for, or has entered into a contract
with the Federal Government relating to, the production or
funding of a film.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A description of each film listed pursuant to the
requirement under subsection (a)(1) the content of which was
submitted, during the shorter of the preceding 10-year period
or the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, by a United States company to an official of the
Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese
Communist Party for evaluation with respect to screening the
film in the People's Republic of China, including--
(i) the United States company that submitted the contents
of the film;
(ii) the title of the film; and
(iii) the date on which the submittal occurred.
(B) A description of each film with respect to which a
United States company entered into a written agreement with
the President or the Federal agency providing the support or
access, as applicable, pursuant to the requirement under
subsection (a)(2) not to alter the content of the film in
response to, or in anticipation of, a request by an official
of the Government of the People's Republic of China or the
Chinese Communist Party, during the shorter of the preceding
10-year period or the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, including--
(i) the United States company that entered into the
agreement; and
(ii) the title of the film.
(C) The title of any film described under subparagraph (A),
and the corresponding United States company described in
clause (i) of that subparagraph--
(i) that was submitted to an official of the Government of
the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party
during the preceding 3-year period; and
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses that the content was
altered in response to, or in anticipation of, a request by
an official of the Government of the People's Republic of
China or the Chinese Communist Party.
(D) The title of any film that is described in both
subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B), and the corresponding
one or more United States companies described in clause (i)
of each such subparagraph--
(i) that was submitted to an official of the Government of
the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party
during the preceding 10-year period; and
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses that the content was
altered in response to, or in anticipation of, a request by
an official of the Government of the People's Republic of
China or the Chinese Communist Party.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Content.--The term ``content'' means any description of
a film, including the script.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.
(4) United states company.--The term ``United States
company'' means a private entity incorporated in the United
States.
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