S.Amdt. 3407

SA 3407. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CERTAIN
PERSONS.

(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Defense shall suspend or revoke a
security clearance or eligibility for access to classified
information for any retired or separated member of the Armed
Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense who
engages in an activity described in subsection (b).
(b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this
subsection are lobbying activities or lobbying contacts for
or on behalf of any entity that is--
(1) identified by the Secretary of Defense in the most
recent report submitted under section 1260H 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;
(2) included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial
Complex Companies List published by the Department of the
Treasury;
(3) an agency or instrumentality of any entity described in
paragraph (1) or (2); or
(4) owned by or controlled by an agency or instrumentality
of any entity described in paragraph (1) or (2).
(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may, for periods not
to exceed 180 days, waive the application of the prohibition
in subsection (a) for an individual if the Secretary
certifies to the congressional defense committees that doing
so is in the national security interest of the United States.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``lobbying activities'' has the meaning given
such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
(2 U.S.C. 1602).
(2) The term ``lobbying contact'' has the meaning given
such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
(2 U.S.C. 1602), except that clause (iv) of paragraph
(8)(B)(iv) of such section shall not apply.
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