S.Amdt. 5618

SA 5618. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ENTITIES WHO MAINTAIN CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DOMICILED IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 201 may be obligated or expended to provide to an entity that maintains a contract between the entity and an entity identified on the list established under subsection (b)(2).

(b) List.--

(1) Identification.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, identify each entity that is an institution of higher education domiciled in the People's Republic of China that provides support to the People's Liberation Army, including involvement in the implementation of the military-civil fusion strategy of China and participation in the defense industrial base of China.

(2) Establishment and submittal to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of each entity identified pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) Additions and deletions.--The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Director, make additions or deletions to the most recent list established under paragraph (2) on an ongoing basis based on the latest information available to the Secretary.

(4) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this subsection, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--

(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate; and

(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.