[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5076-S5077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5696. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1254. REPORT AND SANCTIONS RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS OF 
                   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA UNDER TREATY ON THE 
                   NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that, as a signatory to the 
     Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at 
     Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968 (commonly 
     referred to as the ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty''), the 
     People's Republic of China is obligated under Article VI of 
     the treaty to pursue arms control negotiations in good faith.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
     the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report 
     describing the implementation and observance of Article VI of 
     the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty by the People's Republic 
     of China that includes a determination of whether the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China has, during the 
     year preceding submission of the report, ``pursue[d] 
     negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to 
     cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to 
     nuclear disarmament'' in accordance with such Article VI.
       (c) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall include 
     on the SDN list any person that the President determines, on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (1) is an entity in the defense industry of the People's 
     Republic of China;

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       (2) is an individual who is corporate officer or principal 
     shareholder of an entity described in paragraph (1);
       (3) knowingly provides significant financial, material, 
     technological, or other support to a person described in 
     paragraph (1) or (2); or
       (4) knowingly provides goods or services in support of any 
     activity or transaction on behalf of or for the benefit of 
     such a person.
       (d) Exception.--The President may not include an entity in 
     the defense industry of the People's Republic of China, an 
     individual who is corporate officer or principal shareholder 
     of such an entity, or a person that provides support or goods 
     or services to such an entity or individual as described in 
     paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (c), on the SDN list 
     pursuant to subsection (c) if, in the most recent report 
     required by subsection (b), the President determines that the 
     People's Republic of China has ``pursue[d] negotiations in 
     good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the 
     nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear 
     disarmament'' pursuant to the obligations of the People's 
     Republic of China under article VI of the Nuclear Non-
     Proliferation Treaty during the period covered by the report.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to 
     conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has 
     actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 
     circumstance, or the result.
       (2) Sdn list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
     specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.
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