S.Amdt. 3953

SA 3953. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2022 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF THE DIGITAL YUAN.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``digital yuan'' means the digital currency of
the People's Bank of China, or any successor digital currency
of the People's Republic of China;
(2) the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given
that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code; and
(3) the term ``information technology'' has the meaning
given that term in section 11101 of title 40, United States
Code.
(b) Prohibition on the Use of Digital Yuan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator
of General Services, the Director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, the Director of National
Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, and consistent
with the information security requirements under subchapter
II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall
develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies
requiring the removal of any digital yuan from information
technology.
(2) National security and research exceptions.--The
standards and guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) exceptions for law enforcement activities, national
security interests and activities, and security researchers;
and
(B) for any authorized use of digital yuan under an
exception, requirements for agencies to develop and document
risk mitigation actions for such use.
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