No Funds to China’s Military Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4256
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-07-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia

China

Foreign and international corporations

International Affairs

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Public contracts and procurement

State and local government operations

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Funds to China's Military Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits using federal funds to purchase goods or services from an individual or entity that the Department of Defense has determined is controlled by or affiliated with China's military or defense industrial base. </p> <p>This prohibition applies to federal funds provided to a state or local government or private entity. Before an executive agency provides federal funds to such a government or private entity, the recipient shall certify that it will comply with this bill. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4256 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 21, 2020 Ms. McSally introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prohibit the use of funds to purchase goods or services from Communist Chinese military companies.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Funds to China’s Military Act of 2020 . 2. Prohibition on use of funds to purchase goods or services from Communist Chinese military companies (a) In general None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 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 required by section 1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National 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 subsection (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 future funds On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of an executive agency may not provide funds described in subsection (a) to a private entity or a State or local government unless the entity or government certifies that the entity or government, as the case may be, is not purchasing goods or services from a person described in subsection (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.