Title: AIR Security Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Airport Infrastructure Resources Security Act of 2019 or the AIR Security Act
This bill prohibits airport improvement project grant amounts from being used to enter into a contract for the procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger boarding bridge at an airport with any entity that has violated the intellectual property rights of U.S. entities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1710 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1710

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2019

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2019'' or the ``AIR Security Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GRANT FUNDS TO ENTITIES THAT HAVE 
              VIOLATED INTELLECTUAL 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:
``Sec. 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 subsection (b) with any entity on the list required by 
subsection (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 passenger 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 Administration shall, in consultation with the United 
        States Trade Representative and the Attorney General, make 
        available to the public a list of entities that--
                    ``(A)(i) are owned or controlled by, or receive 
                subsidies from, the government of a country--
                            ``(I) identified by the Trade 
                        Representative under subsection (a)(1) of 
                        section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
                        2242) in the most recent report required 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 property or trade 
                secrets from an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or any jurisdiction within the United 
                States; or
                    ``(B) own or control, are owned or controlled by, 
                are under common ownership or control with, or are 
                successors to, an entity described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Updates to list.--The Administrator shall update the 
        list required by paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) not less frequently than every 90 days during 
                the 180-day period following the initial publication of 
                the list under paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) not less frequently than annually during the 
                5-year period following the 180-day period described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Continuation of requirement to update list.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than the end of the 5-
                year period described in paragraph (2)(B), the 
                Administrator shall make a determination with respect 
                to whether continuing to update the list required by 
                paragraph (1) is necessary to carry out this section.
                    ``(B) Effect of determination that updates are 
                necessary.--If the Administrator determines under 
                subparagraph (A) that continuing to update the list 
                required by paragraph (1) is necessary, the 
                Administrator shall continue to update the list not 
                less frequently than annually.
                    ``(C) Effect of determination that updates are not 
                necessary.--If the Administrator determines under 
                subparagraph (A) that continuing to update the list 
                required by paragraph (1) is not necessary, the 
                Administrator shall, not later than 90 days after 
                making the determination, submit to Congress a report 
                on the determination and the reasons for the 
                determination.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 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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