S.Amdt. 2290Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 2290
Sponsored by
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Submitted July 11, 2024
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July 11, 2024
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SA 2290. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 X, insert the following: SEC. [10___]. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY. Section 2(c) of the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (15 U.S.C. 9901) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: ``(4) Foreign adversary country.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `foreign adversary country' means a country-- ``(i) specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code; or ``(ii) identified by the Secretary of Commerce under subparagraph (B). ``(B) Countries identified by the secretary of commerce.-- ``(i) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the head of any Federal agency the Secretary considers relevant, shall identify each country the sale, license, rent, trade, transfer, release, disclosure, or provision of access to which of sensitive data the Secretary determines is likely to harm the national security of the United States, taking into account-- ``(I) the adequacy and enforcement of data protection, surveillance, and export control laws in the country in order to determine whether such laws, and the enforcement of such laws, are sufficient-- ``(aa) to protect sensitive data from accidental loss, theft, and unauthorized or unlawful processing; ``(bb) to ensure that sensitive data is not exploited for intelligence purposes by foreign governments to the detriment of the national security of the United States; and ``(cc) to prevent the reexport of sensitive data to any country described in subparagraph (A); ``(II) the circumstances under which the government of the country can compel, coerce, or pay a person in or a national of that country to disclose sensitive data; and ``(III) whether the government of the country has conducted hostile foreign intelligence operations, including information operations, against the United States. ``(ii) Publication in the federal register.--The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of any identification made pursuant to clause (i). ``(iii) Grace period.--On and after the date that is 180 days after the publication of the notice required in clause (ii), the prohibitions described in subsection (a) shall apply to the country identified in the notice.''. ______