S.Amdt. 2711

SA 2711. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1250. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY CERTAIN
CHINESE ENTITIES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act or any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended for the operation, maintenance,
sustainment, or procurement of--
(1) telecommunications equipment produced by an entity
described in subsection (b);
(2) telecommunications services provided by such an entity
or using such equipment; or
(3) telecommunications equipment or services produced or
provided by an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence or
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by,
or otherwise connected to, the Government of the People's
Republic of China.
(b) Entity Described.--An entity described in this
subsection is--
(1) Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation; or
(2) any entity owned or controlled by, or under common
ownership or control with, an entity described in paragraph
(1).
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