[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1763. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NON-FEDERAL WITNESS DISCLOSURE OF GRANTS, PAYMENTS, 
                   AND CONTRACT AWARDS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``covered period'' means the period--
       (A) beginning on January 1 of the year that is 2 years 
     before the year during which a non-Federal witness appears as 
     a witness; and
       (B) ending on the date on which the proposed testimony of 
     the non-Federal witness is submitted;
       (2) the term ``foreign government award'' means a grant, 
     payment, or contract award, or a promise thereof, from a 
     foreign government; and
       (3) the term ``non-Federal witness'' means an individual 
     appearing as witness at a hearing of a committee of the 
     Senate, or a subcommittee thereof, on behalf of any person or 
     entity other than the Federal Government.
       (b) Written Disclosure.--The written statement of the 
     proposed testimony of a non-Federal witness should, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, disclose--
       (1) any foreign government award relating to the subject 
     matter of the hearing that was received or earned during the 
     covered period by the non-Federal witness or the person or 
     entity on behalf of which the non-Federal witness is 
     appearing;
       (2) whether the non-Federal witness or the person or entity 
     on behalf of which the non-Federal witness is appearing is 
     negotiating or awaiting approval to receive a foreign 
     government award; and
       (3) whether the non-Federal witness is registered as an 
     agent of a foreign principal under the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.).
       (c) Contents.--A disclosure by a non-Federal witness under 
     subsection (b) should include, for each foreign government 
     award, the amount of and identity of the foreign government 
     making the foreign government award.
       (d) Availability.--A written statement of the proposed 
     testimony of a non-Federal witness, with appropriate 
     redactions to protect the privacy or security of the non-
     Federal witness, shall be made publicly available in 
     electronic form not later than 1 day after the witness 
     appears at the applicable hearing.
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