[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1767. Mr. RUBIO 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FEDERAL ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Requirement to Disclose Contracts and Ties With 
     People's Republic of China Entities.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
     Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation to require that a contractor shall, as 
     a condition for being awarded a contract for the procurement 
     of goods or services, disclose covered information related to 
     any contracts or other relevant commercial ties the 
     contractor, first tier subcontractor, or any related entity 
     has that are in effect at the time of contract award, or has 
     had within the previous three years that are no longer in 
     effect, with a covered entity. The contractor shall update 
     such disclosure not later than 30 days after the contractor, 
     first tier subcontractor, or any related entity enters into 
     or renews a contract or other relevant commercial ties with a 
     covered entity.
       (b) Database of Federal Contractor Contracts With Chinese 
     Entities.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
     shall establish and maintain a public database containing the 
     information about contracts with covered entities disclosed 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means--
       (A) the Government of the People's Republic of China;
       (B) the Chinese Communist Party (CCP);
       (C) the Chinese military;
       (D) an entity owned, directed, controlled, financed, or 
     influenced directly or indirectly by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China, the CCP, or the Chinese military, 
     including any entity for which the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China, the CCP, or the Chinese military has the 
     ability, through ownership of a majority or a dominant 
     minority of the total outstanding voting interest in an 
     entity, board representation, proxy voting, a special share, 
     contractual arrangements, formal or informal arrangements to 
     act in concert, or other means, to determine, direct, or 
     decide for an entity an important matter;
       (E) a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an entity 
     described in subparagraph (D); and
       (F) an entity substantively involved in People's Republic 
     of China economic and industrial policies or military-civil 
     fusion, including by accepting funding, performing services, 
     or receiving subsidies, or with responsibilities for 
     overseeing economic development projects, including Made in 
     China 2025 and the Belt and Road Initiative.
       (2) Covered information.--The term ``covered information'' 
     means--
       (A) the name of the covered entity;
       (B) the relationship of the covered entity to the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese 
     Communist Party, or the Chinese military;
       (C) the general terms of the contract;
       (D) the date the contract was entered into; and
       (E) the duration of the contract.
       (3) Related entity.--The term ``related entity'' means, 
     with respect to a contractor or first tier subcontractor, a 
     parent, subsidiary, affiliate, or other entity controlled by 
     the contractor or first tier subcontractor.
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