[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2923. Mr. DAINES 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1266. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS OF THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON ENTITY LISTS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) On February 1, 2023, a spy balloon originating from the 
     People's Republic of China was identified over the skies of 
     Montana.
       (2) From the time the balloon entered the airspace of the 
     United States until the balloon was terminated on February 4, 
     2023, the balloon collected and transmitted data regarding 
     sensitive national security sites, such as the missile fields 
     at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Cascade County, Montana.
       (3) Following the incident the Bureau of Industry and 
     Security added 6 entities of the People's Republic of China 
     to the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 
     of the Export Administration Regulations due to support by 
     such entities for military programs of the People's Republic 
     of China related to airships and balloons.
       (4) Of the 6 entities, only 1 has been added to the Non-SDN 
     Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury and subject to sanctions by the Department of 
     the Treasury.
       (5) According to Executive Order 14032 (86 Fed. Reg. 30145; 
     relating to addressing the threat from securities investments 
     that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of 
     China)--
       (A) there is a ``threat posed by the military-industrial 
     complex of the People's Republic of China and its involvement 
     in military, intelligence, and security research and 
     development programs, and weapons and related equipment 
     production under'' the Military-Civil Fusion strategy of the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (B) ``the use of Chinese surveillance technology outside 
     the PRC and the development or use of Chinese surveillance 
     tech- nology to facilitate repression or serious human rights 
     abuse constitute unusual and extraordinary threats, which 
     have their source in whole or substantial part outside the 
     United States, to the national security, foreign policy, and 
     economy of the United States''.
       (6) Executive Order 14032 explicitly expands the scope of 
     Executive Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     addressing the threat from securities investments that 
     finance Communist Chinese military companies).
       (b) Inclusion on Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
     Complex Companies List.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall include on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-
     Industrial Complex Companies List maintained by the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury the 
     following persons:
       (1) The Beijing Nanjiang Aerospace Technology Company.
       (2) The Dongguan Lingkong Remote Sensing Technology 
     Company.
       (3) The Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group 
     Company.
       (4) The Guangzhou Tian-Hai-Xiang Aviation Technology 
     Company.
       (5) The Shanxi Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology 
     Group Company.
       (c) Inclusion on SDN List.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall include on the list of specially designated 
     nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control the following persons:
       (1) Xiong Qunli, the Chairman of China Electronics 
     Technology Group Corporation.
       (2) Wu Zhe, a Chinese scientist and professor of 
     aeronautics at Beihang University.
       (3) Wang Dong, the General Manager and largest shareholder 
     of Deluxe Family.
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