[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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