S.Amdt. 1963

SA 1963. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(4) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives;

(6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives;

(7) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

(8) 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.