S.Amdt. 493

SA 493. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Lujan) 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 end of subtitle A of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 809. PROHIBITION ON COMPUTERS OR PRINTERS ACQUISITIONS
INVOLVING ENTITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY
CHINA.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not acquire
any computer or printer if the manufacturer, bidder, or
offeror is a covered Chinese entity.
(b) Applicability.--This section shall apply only with
respect to contracts or other agreements entered into,
renewed, or extended after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered chinese entity.--The term ``covered Chinese
entity'' means an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director of the National Intelligence
or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
determines to be an entity owned, controlled, directed, or
subcontracted by, affiliated with, or otherwise connected to,
the Government of the People's Republic of China.
(2) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' means--
(A) the entity that transforms raw materials, miscellaneous
parts, or components into the end item;
(B) any entity that subcontracts with the entity described
in subparagraph (A) for the entity described in such
subparagraph to transform raw materials, miscellaneous parts,
or components into the end item;
(C) any entity that otherwise directs the entity described
in subparagraph (A) to transform raw materials, miscellaneous
parts, or components into the end item; or
(D) any parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate of the
entity described in subparagraph (A).
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