[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2637]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 493. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Lujan) 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 end of subtitle A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 809. PROHIBITION ON COMPUTERS OR PRINTERS ACQUISITIONS 
                   INVOLVING ENTITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY 
                   CHINA.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not acquire 
     any computer or printer if the manufacturer, bidder, or 
     offeror is a covered Chinese entity.
       (b) Applicability.--This section shall apply only with 
     respect to contracts or other agreements entered into, 
     renewed, or extended after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered chinese entity.--The term ``covered Chinese 
     entity'' means an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Director of the National Intelligence 
     or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
     determines to be an entity owned, controlled, directed, or 
     subcontracted by, affiliated with, or otherwise connected to, 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China.
       (2) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' means--
       (A) the entity that transforms raw materials, miscellaneous 
     parts, or components into the end item;
       (B) any entity that subcontracts with the entity described 
     in subparagraph (A) for the entity described in such 
     subparagraph to transform raw materials, miscellaneous parts, 
     or components into the end item;
       (C) any entity that otherwise directs the entity described 
     in subparagraph (A) to transform raw materials, miscellaneous 
     parts, or components into the end item; or
       (D) any parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate of the 
     entity described in subparagraph (A).
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