I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8878 
To prohibit the use of funds to purchase goods or services from Communist 
Chinese military companies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2020 
Mr. NORMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds to purchase goods or services 
from Communist Chinese military companies. 
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 ‘‘No Funds to China’s 
Military Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE 
GOODS OR SERVICES FROM COMMUNIST CHI-
NESE MILITARY COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
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2020 and available for obligation as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, or authorized to be appropriated 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 or any 
fiscal year thereafter, may be obligated or expended to 
purchase goods or services from a person on the list re-
quired by section 1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
(Public Law 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(b) APPLICATION TO PRIVATE ENTITIES AND STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) includes a prohibition on the obligation 
or expenditure of funds described in that subsection 
for the purchase of goods or services from persons 
described in that subsection by a private entity or a 
State or local government that received such funds 
through a grant or any other means. 
(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED TO RECEIVE FU-
TURE FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the head of an ex-
ecutive agency shall ensure that funds described 
in subsection (a) are not provided to a private 
entity or a State or local government unless the 
entity or government certifies that the entity or 
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government, as the case may be, is not pur-
chasing goods or services from a person de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(B) REVIEW.—The head of an executive 
agency shall conduct a review of the use of 
funds described in subsection (a) that are pro-
vided to a private entity or a State or local gov-
ernment to ensure compliance with the require-
ments of subparagraph (A). 
(c) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the head of each of the Federal departments and agencies 
described in subsection (b) shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that contains a com-
plete list of grant and other funding programs adminis-
tered by the department or agency with respect to which 
the head of the department or agency determines are most 
vulnerable to exploitation by persons described in section 
2(a). 
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(b) FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES DE-
SCRIBED.—The Federal departments and agencies de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Department of Energy. 
(2) The Department of the Interior. 
(3) The Department of Agriculture. 
(4) The Federal Communications Commission. 
(5) The Department of Transportation. 
(6) The Department of Defense. 
(7) The Department of Homeland Security. 
(8) The Department of Commerce. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
other relevant committees of jurisdiction of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and other relevant committees 
of jurisdiction of the Senate. 
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