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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6306 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to prohibit 
the acquisition or lease of a consular or diplomatic post built or owned 
by an entity beneficially owned by the People’s Republic of China, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2023 
Mr. MILLS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to prohibit the acquisition or lease of a consular 
or diplomatic post built or owned by an entity beneficially 
owned by 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 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO CONSULAR AND DIP-
LOMATIC POSTS BUILT OR OWNED BY CER-
TAIN ENTITIES. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—Title I of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 64. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO CONSULAR AND 
DIPLOMATIC POSTS BUILT OR OWNED BY 
CERTAIN ENTITIES. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITIONS.—The Secretary of State (in this 
section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) may not— 
‘‘(1) acquire or lease 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) authorize a covered entity to perform cov-
ered construction with respect to a covered building, 
including pursuant to a contract or other agreement. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATIONS.—Not later than 
7 days after becoming aware of a violation of subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of such viola-
tion. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BENEFICIAL
OWNER.—The term ‘bene-
ficial owner’— 
‘‘(A) means, with respect to an entity, an 
entity that, directly or indirectly, through any 
contract, arrangement, understanding, relation-
ship, or otherwise— 
‘‘(i) exercises substantial control over 
the entity; or 
‘‘(ii) owns or controls not less than 25 
percent of the ownership interest of an en-
tity; and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) a minor child, as defined as a 
natural person under the age of 18; 
‘‘(ii) an individual acting as a nomi-
nee, intermediary, custodian, or agent on 
behalf of another individual; 
‘‘(iii) an individual acting solely as an 
employee of a corporation, limited liability 
company, or other similar entity and whose 
control over or economic benefits from 
such entity is derived solely from the em-
ployment status of the person; or 
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‘‘(iv) an individual whose only interest 
in a corporation, limited liability company, 
or other similar entity is through a right of 
inheritance, and who does not exercise sub-
stantial control or effective control over the 
entity. 
‘‘(2) 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-
sular or diplomatic post located outside of the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) COVERED
CONSTRUCTION.—The 
term 
‘covered 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. 
‘‘(4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-
tity’ means an entity of which the government of the 
People’s Republic of China, or an agent or instru-
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mentality of the government of the People’s Republic 
of China, is a beneficial owner.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 64 of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added 
by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Acquisitions of covered buildings oc-
curring on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(B) Leases of covered buildings entered 
into on or after such date of enactment. 
(C) Authorizations for the performance of 
covered construction made on or after such date 
of enactment. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘covered building’’ and ‘‘covered construction’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in subsection 
(c) of such section 64. 
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