[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3132-S3133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1604. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in 
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In title V of division B, at the end add the following:

     SEC. 25__. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the head of a Federal agency awarding funding under this 
     division, including any amendment made by this division, 
     shall, except as provided in subsection (b), comply with each 
     of the following:
       (1) An applicant for such award may be a not-for-profit or 
     for-profit entity.
       (2) An applicant for such award shall be an organization 
     based in the United States.
       (3) An applicant for such award shall not accept any 
     funding from foreign sources.
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--The head of a Federal agency administering 
     an award described in subsection (a) may, with the approval 
     of the

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     Director of National Intelligence, grant an applicant a 
     waiver of the requirements under subsection (a).
       (2) Congressional notification.--The head of a Federal 
     agency granting a waiver under paragraph (1) shall notify 
     each relevant congressional committee of the issuance of such 
     waiver.
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