[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2471. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1291. CLARIFICATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF CERTAIN 
                   PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES.

       (a) In General.--On and after the date that is 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, any article 
     classified under heading 8703 of the Harmonized Tariff 
     Schedule of the United States and produced, manufactured, or 
     that underwent final assembly by a foreign adversary party or 
     an entity owned, controlled, directed, or operated by a 
     foreign adversary party shall be treated as originating in 
     the foreign adversary.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Control.--The term ``control'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act).
       (2) Entity owned, controlled, directed, or operated by a 
     foreign adversary party.--The term ``entity owned, 
     controlled, directed, or operated by a foreign adversary 
     party'' includes any entity for which, on any date during the 
     most recent 12-month period, not less than 25 percent of the 
     equity interests in such entity are held directly or 
     indirectly by 1 or more foreign adversary parties including 
     through--
       (A) interests in co-investment vehicles, joint ventures, or 
     similar arrangements; or
       (B) a derivative financial instrument or contractual 
     arrangement between the entity and a foreign adversary party, 
     including any such instrument or contract that seeks to 
     replicate any financial return with respect to such entity or 
     interest in such entity.
       (3) Foreign adversary.--The term ``foreign adversary'' 
     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.
       (E) The Republic of Cuba.
       (F) Venezuela, while Nicolas Maduro is the president.
       (G) The Syrian Arab Republic.
       (4) Foreign adversary party.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``foreign adversary party'' means 
     any of the following:
       (i) The government of a foreign adversary, including any 
     agency, government instrumentality, official, or agent of 
     such a government.
       (ii) Any entity organized under the laws of a foreign 
     adversary (or any political subdivision thereof).
       (iii) Any entity the headquarters of which is located 
     within a foreign adversary.
       (B) Inclusion of certain entities of the people's republic 
     of china.--The term ``foreign adversary party'' includes any 
     entity substantively involved in the industrial policies or 
     military-civil fusion strategy of the People's Republic of 
     China, including by accepting funding from, performing a 
     service for, or receiving a subsidy from the People's 
     Republic of China related to such policies or strategy.
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