To amend the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act to limit financial assistance provided to State-owned enterprises, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3719 To amend the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act to limit financial assistance provided to State-owned enterprises, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 4, 2021 Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act to limit financial assistance pro- vided to State-owned enterprises, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 3 STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES. 4 Title I of division B of the Continuing Appropriations 5 Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (Public Law 116– 6 159) is amended by adding at the end the following: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Jun 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3719.IH H3719 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3719 IH ‘‘SEC. 1107. LIMITATION ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 1 STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES. 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized under this di- 3 vision may not be used in awarding a contract, sub- 4 contract, grant, or loan to an entity that is owned or con- 5 trolled by, is a subsidiary of, or is otherwise related legally 6 or financially to a corporation based in a country that— 7 ‘‘(1) is identified as a nonmarket economy 8 country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff 9 Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date 10 of enactment of this Act; 11 ‘‘(2) was identified by the United States Trade 12 Representative in the most recent report required by 13 section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 14 2242) as a priority foreign country under subsection 15 (a)(2) of that section; and 16 ‘‘(3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Rep- 17 resentative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 18 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416). 19 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of subparagraph 20 (A), the term ‘otherwise related legally or financially’ does 21 not include a minority relationship or investment. 22 ‘‘(c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This para- 23 graph shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Jun 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3719.IH H3719 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3719 IH obligations of the United States under international agree- 1 ments.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Jun 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3719.IH H3719 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS