[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4798]
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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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