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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8595 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the disclosure of a relation-
ship with a foreign principal by any person who is required to submit 
an application for an energy project to the Secretary of Transportation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2022 
Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mrs. FLORES, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. 
ROSENDALE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the disclo-
sure of a relationship with a foreign principal by any 
person who is required to submit an application for an 
energy project to the Secretary of Transportation, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Airspace Clearinghouse 
Enhancement Act’’ or the ‘‘ACE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STRUCTURES INTERFERING WITH AIR COMMERCE 
OR NATIONAL SECURITY. 
Section 44718 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘As part of an aeronautical 
study’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of an aeronautical 
study’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) WRITTEN TESTIMONY REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In making the finding 
required under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary 
of Defense shall— 
‘‘(i) elicit written testimony from the 
base commander of each military installa-
tion— 
‘‘(I) located within a 25-mile ra-
dius of the structure or sanitary land-
fill described in such paragraph; and 
‘‘(II) that has a flight route with-
in a 10-mile radius of such structure 
or sanitary landfill; and 
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‘‘(ii) consider such written testimony 
in making such finding. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each base commander 
of a military installation who submits written 
testimony under subparagraph (A) shall de-
scribe the extent to which the proposed con-
struction, alteration, establishment, or expan-
sion of a structure or sanitary landfill would 
impact the operations, military readiness, and 
military training routes of such military instal-
lation.’’; 
(2) in subsection (h) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ENERGY
PROJECT.—The term ‘energy 
project’ has the meaning given such term in section 
183a(h) of title 10. 
‘‘(4) FOREIGN PRINCIPAL; AGENT OF A FOR-
EIGN PRINCIPAL.—The terms ‘foreign principal’ and 
‘agent of a foreign principal’ have the meaning given 
such terms in section 1 of the Foreign Agents Reg-
istration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR ENERGY PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who is required 
to submit an application for an energy project under 
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this section shall include in such application a disclo-
sure of any relationship such person has with a for-
eign principal or with an agent of a foreign prin-
cipal. 
‘‘(2) INACCURATE DISCLOSURE OF RELATION-
SHIP WITH FOREIGN PRINCIPAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Attor-
ney General of the United States, shall estab-
lish a process to evaluate the accuracy of a dis-
closure made under paragraph (1) and deter-
mine whether a person has violated such para-
graph. 
‘‘(B) INITIAL PENALTY FOR INACCURATE 
DISCLOSURE.—If the Secretary determines that 
a person has violated paragraph (1), such per-
son shall be prohibited from submitting an ap-
plication for an energy project under this sec-
tion during the period beginning on the date on 
which the Secretary made the determination 
under subparagraph (A) and ending on the date 
that is 2 years after such determination. 
‘‘(C) PENALTIES FOR SUBSEQUENT INAC-
CURATE DISCLOSURES.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that a person violates paragraph (1) 
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after an initial violation under subparagraph 
(B), such person shall be permanently prohib-
ited from submitting an application for an en-
ergy project under this section.’’. 
Æ 
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