118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6306 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of State to avoid or minimize the 

acquisition or lease of a consular or diplomatic post 

built or owned by an entity owned or controlled by the 

Government of the People’s Republic of China, and for 

other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Embassy Construction 

3 Integrity Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC 

5 POSTS BUILT OR OWNED BY CERTAIN ENTI6 TIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State (in this 

8 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall take such 

9 steps as may be necessary to avoid or minimize— 

10 (1) acquiring or leasing a covered building— 

11 (A) with respect to which a covered entity 

12 performed covered construction on or after Jan13 uary 1, 1949; or 

14 (B) in which a covered entity has an own15 ership interest; or 

16 (2) entering into or renewing a contract or 

17 other agreement with a covered entity to perform 

18 covered construction with respect to a covered build19 ing. 

20 (b) NOTIFICATION OF INCONSISTENT ACTION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notify 

22 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

23 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Re24 lations of the Senate— 

25 (A) not later than 7 days before entering 

26 into an acquisition, lease, or agreement after 
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1 the date of enactment of this Act that the Sec2 retary is aware is inconsistent with the restric3 tion under subsection (a); and 

4 (B) not later than 7 days after becoming 

5 aware of an acquisition, lease, or agreement oc6 curring after the date of enactment of this Act 

7 that is inconsistent with the restriction under 

8 subsection (a). 

9 (2) DETERMINATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY

10 INTEREST.—The notification required under para11 graph (1) shall also include, to the extent applica12 ble— 

13 (A) a determination of whether the incon14 sistent acquisition, lease, or agreement is in the 

15 national security interest of the United States; 

16 (B) an identification of the interest ad17 vanced by such inconsistent action; 

18 (C) a detailed explanation for such deter19 mination; and 

20 (D) any action the Secretary has taken or 

21 intends to take to mitigate national security 

22 vulnerabilities that may be posed by such incon23 sistent action. 

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) COVERED BUILDING.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 building’’ means a building that is used or intended 

3 to be used by personnel, or for a function, of a con4 sular or diplomatic post located outside of the 

5 United States. 

6 (2) COVERED CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘cov7 ered construction’’— 

8 (A) means any construction, development, 

9 conversion, extension, alteration, repair, or 

10 maintenance performed with respect to a build11 ing; and 

12 (B) includes the installation or mainte13 nance of electrical, plumbing, heating, ventila14 tion, air conditioning, communication, fire pro15 tection, and energy management systems with 

16 respect to such building. 

17 (3) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en18 tity’’ means an entity with respect to which the Gov19 ernment of the People’s Republic of China, or an 

20 agent or instrumentality of the Government of the 

21 People’s Republic of China, directly or indirectly, in22 cluding through any contract, arrangement, under23 standing, or relationship— 

24 (A) owns or controls a significant percent 

25 of the ownership interest; or 
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1 (B) otherwise exercises substantial control. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 19, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6306 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of State to avoid or miniRepublic of China, and for other purposes. or controlled by the Government of the People’s lomatic post built or owned by an entity owned mize the acquisition or lease of a consular or dip-