S.Amdt. 246

SA 246. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 V, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION OF ESTABLISHMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF A
UNIT OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING
CORPS AT AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OWNED,
OPERATED, OR CONTROLLED BY THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.

Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) No unit may be established or maintained at an
educational institution that is owned, operated, or
controlled by a person that--
``(1) is the People's Republic of China;
``(2) is a member of the Chinese Communist Party;
``(3) is a member of the People's Liberation Army;
``(4) is identified by the Secretary of Defense under
section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113
note) as a Chinese military company;
``(5) is included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-
Industrial Complex Companies List published by the Department
of the Treasury; or
``(6) is owned by or controlled by or is an agency or
instrumentality of any person described in paragraphs (1)
through (5).''.
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