[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2618]
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SA 458. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Young, and Mr. Lee)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. ___. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT
GRANT FUNDS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES THAT HAVE
VIOLATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF UNITED
STATES ENTITIES.
(a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date
that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this
section, amounts provided as project grants under subchapter
I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, may not be
used to enter into a contract described in subsection (b)
with any entity on the list required by subsection (c).
(b) Contract Described.--A contract described in this
subsection is a contract or other agreement for the
procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger
boarding bridge at an airport.
(c) List Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and thereafter as required by
paragraph (2), the United States Trade Representative, the
Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall make available to the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration a
publicly-available a list of entities manufacturing airport
passenger boarding infrastructure or equipment that--
(A) are owned, directed by, or subsidized in whole, or in
part by the People's Republic of China;
(B) have been determined by a Federal court to have
misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from
an entity organized under the laws of the United States or
any jurisdiction within the United States;
(C) own or control, are owned or controlled by, are under
common ownership or control with, or are successors to, an
entity described in subparagraph (A);
(D) own or control, are under common ownership or control
with, or are successors to, an entity described in
subparagraph (A); or
(E) have entered into an agreement with or accepted funding
from, whether in the form of minority investment interest or
debt, have entered into a partnership with, or have entered
into another contractual or other written arrangement with,
an entity described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Updates to list.--The United States Trade
Representative shall update the list required by paragraph
(1), based on information provided by the Attorney General
and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration--
(A) not less frequently than every 90 days during the 180-
day period following the initial publication of the list
under paragraph (1); and
(B) not less frequently than annually thereafter.
(d) Definitions.--In this section, the definitions in
section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply.
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