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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 749 

To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to certain entities subject to 

sanctions imposed by the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 

Ms. TENNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to certain entities 

subject to sanctions imposed by the United States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Turn Off Federal 

5 Funding of Threatening Entities that Thwart American 

6 Prosperity Act’’ or the ‘‘Turn OFF THE TAP Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING FEDERAL FUNDS TO 

2 CERTAIN ENTITIES SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS 

3 IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTS.—The 

5 head of an executive agency may not enter into, renew, 

6 or extend a contract with a covered entity. 

7 (b) PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF FEDERAL

8 FUNDS.—No amounts provided by the Federal Govern9 ment to any entity may be used by that entity to purchase 

10 goods or services from, invest in, enter into contract with, 

11 or otherwise provide funding to a covered entity. 

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en14 tity’’ means any of the following: 

15 (A) An entity on the list of specially des16 ignated nationals and blocked persons main17 tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

18 of the Department of the Treasury (commonly 

19 referred to as the ‘‘SDN list’’). 

20 (B) An entity on the Non-SDN Chinese 

21 Military-Industrial Complex Companies List— 

22 (i) established pursuant to Executive 

23 Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat24 ing to addressing the threat from securities 

25 investments that finance Communist Chi26 nese military companies), as amended beVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Feb 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H749.IH H749

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1 fore, on, or after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act; and 

3 (ii) maintained by the Office of For4 eign Assets Control. 

5 (C) A Chinese military company on the list 

6 required by section 1260H of the William M. 

7 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza8 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

9 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

10 (D) An entity on the Entity List main11 tained by the Bureau of Industry and Security 

12 of the Department of Commerce and set forth 

13 in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, 

14 Code of Federal Regulations. 

15 (E) An entity that produces equipment or 

16 services on the list of communications equip17 ment and services that pose an unacceptable 

18 risk to the national security of the United 

19 States or the security and safety of United 

20 States persons maintained by the Federal Com21 munications Commission under section 2 of the 

22 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

23 Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601). 

24 (F) Any entity that is owned or controlled 

25 by, or under common ownership or control with, 


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1 an entity described in any of subparagraphs (A) 

2 through (E). 

3 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

4 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

5 133 of title 41, United States Code. 

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