I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6917 
To prohibit funds made available under the airport improvement program 
from being provided to entities that have violated the intellectual property 
rights of United States entities and therefore pose a threat to national 
security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2020 
Mr. WRIGHT (for himself, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, and Mr. SPANO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit funds made available under the airport improve-
ment program from being provided to entities that have 
violated the intellectual property rights of United States 
entities and therefore pose a threat to national security, 
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 ‘‘Airport Infrastructure 
Resources Security Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘AIR Security 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GRANT FUNDS TO 
ENTITIES THAT HAVE VIOLATED INTELLEC-
TUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF UNITED STATES 
ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 471 of 
the title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 47145. Prohibition on provision of grant funds to 
entities that have violated intellectual 
property rights of United States entities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
amounts provided as project grants under this subchapter 
may not be used to enter into a contract described in sub-
section (b) with any entity on the list required by sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(b) CONTRACT DESCRIBED.—A contract described 
in this subsection is a contract or other agreement for the 
procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a pas-
senger boarding bridge at an airport. 
‘‘(c) LIST REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and 
thereafter as required by paragraphs (2) and (3), 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall, in consultation with the United States 
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Trade Representative and the Attorney General, 
make available to the public a list of entities that— 
‘‘(A)(i) are owned or controlled by, or re-
ceive subsidies from, the government of a coun-
try— 
‘‘(I) identified by the Trade Rep-
resentative under subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2242) in the most recent report re-
quired by that section; and 
‘‘(II) subject to monitoring by the 
Trade Representative under section 306 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); 
and 
‘‘(ii) have been determined by a Federal 
court to have misappropriated intellectual prop-
erty or trade secrets from an entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any ju-
risdiction within the United States; or 
‘‘(B) own or control, are owned or con-
trolled by, are under common ownership or con-
trol with, or are successors to, an entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) UPDATES
TO
LIST.—The Administrator 
shall update the list required by paragraph (1)— 
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that continuing to update the list required by 
paragraph (1) is not necessary, the Adminis-
trator shall, not later than 90 days after mak-
ing the determination, submit to Congress a re-
port on the determination and the reasons for 
the determination.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 471 of such title is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 47144 the following: 
‘‘47145. Prohibition on provision of grant funds to entities that have violated 
intellectual property rights of United States entities.’’. 
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