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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6855 

To limit the use of funds for the production of films using assets of the 

Department of State or the Department of Defense under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2022 

Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. ROY, and Mrs. 

MILLER of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on 

Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To limit the use of funds for the production of films using 

assets of the Department of State or the Department 

of Defense under certain circumstances, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Communist 

5 Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘SCREEN Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PRODUCTION 

2 OF FILMS AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF 

3 SUCH FUNDS FOR FILMS SUBJECT TO CONDI4 TIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR 

5 SCREENING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

6 CHINA OR AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHINESE 

7 COMMUNIST PARTY. 

8 (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

9 of State and the Secretary of Defense may only authorize 

10 the provision of technical support or access to an asset 

11 controlled by or related to the Department of State or the 

12 Department of Defense, respectively, to enter into a con13 tract relating to the production or funding of a film by 

14 a United States company if the United States company, 

15 as a condition of receiving the support or access— 

16 (1) provides to the applicable Secretary a list of 

17 all films produced or funded by that company the 

18 content of which has been submitted, during the 

19 shorter of the preceding 10-year period or the period 

20 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

21 to an official of the Government of the People’s Re22 public of China or the Chinese Communist Party 

23 (CCP) for evaluation with respect to screening the 

24 film in the People’s Republic of China (PRC); 

25 (2) includes, with respect to each such film— 

26 (A) the title of the film; and 


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1 (B) the date on which such submission oc2 curred; 

3 (3) enters into a written agreement with the ap4 plicable Secretary not to alter the content of the film 

5 in response to, or in anticipation of, a request by an 

6 official of the Government of the PRC or the CCP; 

7 and 

8 (4) submits such agreement to the applicable 

9 Secretary. 

10 (b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO FILMS SUB11 JECT TO CONDITIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR

12 SCREENING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

13 Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may not au14 thorize the provision of technical support or access to any 

15 asset controlled by the Federal Government for, or author16 ize the head of a Federal agency to enter into any contract 

17 relating to, the production or funding of a film by a United 

18 States company if— 

19 (1) the film is co-produced by an entity located 

20 in the PRC that is subject to conditions on content 

21 imposed by an official of the Government of the 

22 PRC or the CCP; or 

23 (2) with respect to the most recent report sub24 mitted under subsection (c), the United States com25 pany is listed in the report pursuant to subparaVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:47 Mar 03, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6855.IH H6855

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1 graph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) of that sub2 section. 

3 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an6 nually thereafter, the Secretary of State and the 

7 Secretary of Defense shall each submit to the appro8 priate committees of Congress a report on films dis9 closed under subsection (a) that are associated with 

10 a United States company that has received technical 

11 support or access to an asset controlled by the De12 partment of State or the Department of Defense, re13 spectively, for, or has entered into a contract with 

14 the Federal Government relating to, the production 

15 or funding of a film. 

16 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para17 graph (1) shall include the following: 

18 (A) A description of each film listed pursu19 ant to the requirement under subsection (a)(1), 

20 the content of which was submitted, during the 

21 shorter of the preceding 10-year period or the 

22 period beginning on the date of the enactment 

23 of this Act, by a United States company to an 

24 official of the Government of the PRC or the 


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1 CCP for evaluation with respect to screening 

2 the film in the PRC, including— 

3 (i) the United States company that 

4 submitted the contents of the film; 

5 (ii) the title of the film; and 

6 (iii) the date on which such submis7 sion occurred. 

8 (B) A description of each film with respect 

9 to which a United States company entered into 

10 a written agreement with the Department of 

11 State or the Department of Defense, as applica12 ble, providing the support or access, as applica13 ble, pursuant to the requirement under sub14 section (a)(2) not to alter the content of the 

15 film in response to, or in anticipation of, a re16 quest by an official of the Government of the 

17 PRC or the CCP, during the shorter of the pre18 ceding 10-year period or the period beginning 

19 on the date of the enactment of this Act, in20 cluding— 

21 (i) the United States company that 

22 entered into the agreement; and 

23 (ii) the title of the film. 

24 (C) The title of any film described pursu25 ant to subparagraph (A), and the corresponding 


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1 United States company described pursuant to 

2 clause (i) of that subparagraph— 

3 (i) that was submitted to an official of 

4 the Government of the PRC or the CCP 

5 during the preceding 3-year period; and 

6 (ii) for which the applicable Secretary 

7 assesses that the content was altered in re8 sponse to, or in anticipation of, a request 

9 by an official of the Government of the 

10 PRC or the CCP. 

11 (D) The title of any film that is described 

12 in both subparagraph (A) and subparagraph 

13 (B), and the corresponding one or more United 

14 States companies described in clause (i) of each 

15 such subparagraph— 

16 (i) that was submitted to an official of 

17 the Government of the PRC or the CCP 

18 during the preceding 10-year period; and 

19 (ii) for which the applicable Secretary 

20 assesses that the content was altered in re21 sponse to, or in anticipation of, a request 

22 by an official of the Government of the 

23 PRC or the CCP. 

24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

6 Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

8 the Committee on Armed Services of the House 

9 of Representatives. 

10 (2) CONTENT.—The term ‘‘content’’ means any 

11 description of a film, including the script. 

12 (3) UNITED STATES COMPANY.—The term 

13 ‘‘United States company’’ means a private entity in14 corporated under the laws of the United States or 

15 any jurisdiction within the United States. 

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