[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2387. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Braun) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 812. FOREIGN ADVERSARY FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--For purposes of reporting spending data 
     under section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
     Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 
     109-282), the Secretary of Defense shall require the tracking 
     and reporting of all other transaction agreements and 
     subawards of any amount awarded to an entity located in a 
     foreign country of concern.
       (b) Publication.--The reporting on subawards required under 
     subsection (a) shall be published on the website established 
     under section 2(b)(1) of the Federal Funding Accountability 
     and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 
     109-282).
       (c) Reporting of Subawards.--The recipient of a subaward 
     described in subsection (a) shall disclose data with respect 
     to the subaward in the same manner as subawards are disclosed 
     in paragraph (2) of section 2(d) of the Federal Funding 
     Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 
     note; Public Law 109-282).
       (d) Form.--If any information required to be reported by 
     this section is classified, such information may be submitted 
     in the form of a classified annex consistent with the 
     protection of sources and methods.
       (e) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue 
     guidance that establishes consistency for complying with this 
     section for agencies and recipients of subawards described in 
     subsection (a), including establishing standards for 
     disclosed data.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Foreign country of concern.--The term ``foreign country 
     of concern'' means any of the following:
       (A) The People's Republic of China.
       (B) The Russian Federation.
       (C) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
       (D) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
       (2) Subaward.--The term ``subaward''--
       (A) means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a 
     subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a 
     Federal award received by the pass-through entity;
       (B) includes an award described in subparagraph (A) that is 
     passed from a subrecipient to another subrecipient; and
       (C) does not include payments to a beneficiary of a Federal 
     program.
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