S.Amdt. 1763

SA 1763. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. __. NON-FEDERAL WITNESS DISCLOSURE OF GRANTS, PAYMENTS, AND CONTRACT AWARDS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--

(1) the term “covered period” means the period--

(A) beginning on January 1 of the year that is 2 years before the year during which a non-Federal witness appears as a witness; and

(B) ending on the date on which the proposed testimony of the non-Federal witness is submitted;

(2) the term “foreign government award” means a grant, payment, or contract award, or a promise thereof, from a foreign government; and

(3) the term “non-Federal witness” means an individual appearing as witness at a hearing of a committee of the Senate, or a subcommittee thereof, on behalf of any person or entity other than the Federal Government.

(b) Written Disclosure.--The written statement of the proposed testimony of a non-Federal witness should, to the maximum extent practicable, disclose--

(1) any foreign government award relating to the subject matter of the hearing that was received or earned during the covered period by the non-Federal witness or the person or entity on behalf of which the non-Federal witness is appearing;

(2) whether the non-Federal witness or the person or entity on behalf of which the non-Federal witness is appearing is negotiating or awaiting approval to receive a foreign government award; and

(3) whether the non-Federal witness is registered as an agent of a foreign principal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.).

(c) Contents.--A disclosure by a non-Federal witness under subsection (b) should include, for each foreign government award, the amount of and identity of the foreign government making the foreign government award.

(d) Availability.--A written statement of the proposed testimony of a non-Federal witness, with appropriate redactions to protect the privacy or security of the non-Federal witness, shall be made publicly available in electronic form not later than 1 day after the witness appears at the applicable hearing.