Turn OFF THE TAP Act

Subjects: International Affairs

Summary:  <p><b>Turn Off Federal Funding of Threatening Entities that Thwart American Prosperity Act or the Turn OFF THE TAP Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits certain entities from receiving federal funds or contracts from an executive agency.</p> <p>Specifically, this prohibition applies to (1) entities listed as specially designated nationals and blocked persons by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury, (2) certain entities on the OFAC's Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List, (3) entities identified on a Department of Defense list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States, (4) entities on the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce, and (5) entities identified by the Federal Communications Commission as a telecommunications equipment or service provider that pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 143 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 143

To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to certain entities subject 
               to sanctions imposed by the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2023

  Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to certain entities subject 
               to sanctions imposed by the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Turn Off Federal Funding of 
Threatening Entities that Thwart American Prosperity Act'' or the 
``Turn OFF THE TAP Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING FEDERAL FUNDS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES 
              SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Prohibition on Federal Contracts.--The head of an executive 
agency may not enter into, renew, or extend a contract with a covered 
entity.
    (b) Prohibition on Provision of Federal Funds.--No amounts provided 
by the Federal Government to any entity may be used by that entity to 
purchase goods or services from, invest in, enter into contract with, 
or otherwise provide funding to a covered entity.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means any 
        of the following:
                    (A) An entity on the list of specially designated 
                nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office 
                of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
                Treasury (commonly referred to as the ``SDN list'').
                    (B) An entity on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-
                Industrial Complex Companies List--
                            (i) established pursuant to Executive Order 
                        13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
                        addressing the threat from securities 
                        investments that finance Communist Chinese 
                        military companies), as amended before, on, or 
                        after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
                        and
                            (ii) maintained by the Office of Foreign 
                        Assets Control.
                    (C) A Chinese military company on the list required 
                by section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
                (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
                    (D) An entity on the Entity List maintained by the 
                Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of 
                Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 
                of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.
                    (E) An entity that produces equipment or services 
                on the list of communications equipment and services 
                that pose an unacceptable risk to the national security 
                of the United States or the security and safety of 
                United States persons maintained by the Federal 
                Communications Commission under section 2 of the Secure 
                and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 
                U.S.C. 1601).
                    (F) Any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 
                under common ownership or control with, an entity 
                described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (E).
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United 
        States Code.
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