S.Amdt. 1594

SA 1594. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORT ON ESPIONAGE
AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall submit a report on the potential use of
10-year multi-entry visa programs of the United States by
covered nations (as defined in section 2533c(d) of title 10,
United States Code) to enable espionage and intellectual
property theft against the United States to--
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate;
(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives;
(5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives.
(b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include, at a minimum, an analysis of efforts by
covered nations to exploit the visa programs described in
subsection (a) and coerce individuals participating in such
visa programs to aid in espionage or intellectual property
theft by covered nations or entities under the jurisdiction
of such covered nations.
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