I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8480 
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to certain entities subject to 
sanctions imposed by the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2022 
Ms. TENNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
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 Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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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 Govern-
ment 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 en-
tity’’ means any of the following: 
(A) An entity on the list of specially des-
ignated nationals and blocked persons main-
tained 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; relat-
ing to addressing the threat from securities 
investments that finance Communist Chi-
nese military companies), as amended be-
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fore, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(ii) maintained by the Office of For-
eign Assets Control. 
(C) A Chinese military company on the list 
required by section 1260H of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
(D) An entity on the Entity List main-
tained 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 equip-
ment 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 Com-
munications 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, 
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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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