S.Amdt. 2514

SA 2514. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS TO
PURCHASE GOODS OR SERVICES FROM COMMUNIST
CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.

(a) In General.--None of the funds described in subsection
(b) may be obligated or expended to purchase goods or
services from a person on the list required by section

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1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701
note).
(b) Funds Described.--Funds described in this subsection
are--
(1) funds made available under this Act;
(2) funds made available, and available for obligation as
of the date of the enactment of this Act, under--
(A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123; 134 Stat. 146);
(B) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law
116-127; 134 Stat. 177);
(C) the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
(Public Law 116-136); or
(D) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620); or
(3) funds made available under any Act enacted after the
date of the enactment of this Act to provide additional
funding relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(c) Application to Private Entities and State and Local
Governments.--
(1) In general.--The prohibition under subsection (a)
includes a prohibition on the obligation or expenditure of
funds described in subsection (b) for the purchase of goods
or services from persons described in subsection (a) by a
private entity or a State or local government that received
such funds through a grant or any other means.
(2) Certification required to receive future funds.--On and
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of an
executive agency may not provide funds described in
subsection (b) to a private entity or a State or local
government unless the entity or government certifies that the
entity or government, as the case may be, is not purchasing
goods or services from a person described in subsection (a).
(d) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term
``executive agency'' has the meaning given that term in
section 133 of title 41, United States Code.
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