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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1134 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2025 
Mr. MILLS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
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. 
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 ‘‘Embassy Construction 
Integrity Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC 
POSTS BUILT OR OWNED BY CERTAIN ENTI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall take such 
steps as may be necessary to avoid or minimize— 
(1) acquiring or leasing a covered building— 
(A) with respect to which a covered entity 
performed covered construction on or after Jan-
uary 1, 1949; or 
(B) in which a covered entity has an own-
ership interest; or 
(2) entering into or renewing a contract or 
other agreement with a covered entity to perform 
covered construction with respect to a covered build-
ing. 
(b) NOTIFICATION OF INCONSISTENT ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notify 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate— 
(A) not later than 7 days before entering 
into an acquisition, lease, or agreement after 
the date of enactment of this Act that the Sec-
retary is aware is inconsistent with the restric-
tion under subsection (a); and 
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(B) not later than 7 days after becoming 
aware of an acquisition, lease, or agreement oc-
curring after the date of enactment of this Act 
that is inconsistent with the restriction under 
subsection (a). 
(2) DETERMINATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY 
INTEREST.—The notification required under para-
graph (1) shall also include, to the extent applica-
ble— 
(A) a determination of whether the incon-
sistent acquisition, lease, or agreement is in the 
national security interest of the United States; 
(B) an identification of the interest ad-
vanced by such inconsistent action; 
(C) a detailed explanation for such deter-
mination; and 
(D) any action the Secretary has taken or 
intends to take to mitigate national security 
vulnerabilities that may be posed by such incon-
sistent action. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED BUILDING.—The term ‘‘covered 
building’’ means a building that is used or intended 
to be used by personnel, or for a function, of a con-
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sular or diplomatic post located outside of the 
United States. 
(2) COVERED CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered construction’’— 
(A) means any construction, development, 
conversion, extension, alteration, repair, or 
maintenance performed with respect to a build-
ing; and 
(B) includes the installation or mainte-
nance of electrical, plumbing, heating, ventila-
tion, air conditioning, communication, fire pro-
tection, and energy management systems with 
respect to such building. 
(3) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means an entity with respect to which the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China, or an 
agent or instrumentality of the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China, directly or indirectly, in-
cluding through any contract, arrangement, under-
standing, or relationship— 
(A) owns or controls a significant percent 
of the ownership interest; or 
(B) otherwise exercises substantial control. 
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