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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 499 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require certain additional |
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| 6 | 6 | | annual disclosures by public companies and exchange-traded funds invest- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ing in companies with ties to the People’s Republic of China, and for |
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| 8 | 8 | | other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY25, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | ALLON(for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, and Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | A |
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| 14 | 14 | | MODEI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 15 | 15 | | mittee on Financial Services |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require |
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| 18 | 18 | | certain additional annual disclosures by public companies |
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| 19 | 19 | | and exchange-traded funds investing in companies with |
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| 20 | 20 | | ties to the People’s Republic of China, and for other |
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| 21 | 21 | | purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing American 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Families and Enterprises from People’s Republic of China 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Investments Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE from PRC Investments 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act’’. 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES TO PROTECT AMERICAN 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES. 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | following: 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(s) A |
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| 38 | 38 | | DDITIONALDISCLOSURESTOPROTECTAMER-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ICANINVESTORS ANDBUSINESSES.— 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 41 | 41 | | N GENERAL.—Each covered issuer that is 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | required to file an annual report under section 13(a) 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | or 15(d) shall disclose in that report the following: 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(A) Whether a senior official of the 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | national- or provincial-level governments of the 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | People’s Republic of China (‘PRC’) sits on the 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | board of directors of the issuer or any sub-14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sidiary of the issuer. 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(B) Whether executive-level employees, 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | senior directors, and board members of the 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | issuer are members of the Communist Party of 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | China. 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(C) Whether executive-level employees, 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | senior directors, and board members of the 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | issuer have immediate family members that are 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | senior officials of the Communist Party of 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | China or the Government of the People’s Re-24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | public of China. 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(D) Whether the issuer has a party 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | branch or committee as part of the issuer’s cor-2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | porate structure. 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(E) With respect to the operations of the 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | issuer located in the PRC— 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(i) the amount of cash held; 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(ii) any limits imposed by the Com-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | munist Party of China or the Government 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of the People’s Republic of China on the 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ability to take such cash out of the coun-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | try; and 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(iii) disclosure of investments, assets 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | and liabilities, technology licensed or trans-13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ferred, and financing or debt obligations 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | involving PRC operations or from a PRC 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | entity. 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(F) The number of times executive-level 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | employees of the issuer interact with senior offi-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | cials of the Communist Party of China and the 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | costs of those meetings and any transfer of 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | goods, money, or services between issuer’s em-21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ployees. 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(G) The amount the issuer has expended 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | on operations in the People’s Republic of China, 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | both in total and for the prior fiscal year. 25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(H) The amount the issuer has expended 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | on operations in the United States, both in 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | total and for the prior fiscal year. 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(I) The amount (both in total and for the 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | prior fiscal year) that the issuer has spent on 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | lobbying in the United States, including— 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(i) whether the issuer or any sub-7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | sidiary of the issuer has reported any sums 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | of 1938; and 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(ii) whether the issuer or any sub-11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | sidiary of the issuer has reported any sums 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 1995. 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(J) Whether the Public Company Ac-15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | counting Oversight Board is unable to inspect 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | or investigate a registered public accounting 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | firm retained by the issuer to prepare an audit 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | report on the financial statement of the issuer. 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(K) The amount of taxes and other fees 20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | the issuer paid to the Government of the Peo-21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ple’s Republic of China on an annual basis. 22 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(L) With respect to customer data— 23 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(i) who has access to such data; 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(ii) disclosure of instances when in-1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | formation is requested, arrangements that 2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | may allow passive or continuous access, ef-3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | forts to protect such data, instances of 4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | cyber-attack, corporate or personnel dis-5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | putes that involve potential breaches, and 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | notification of other breaches; and 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(iii) whether such data is stored in 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the United States and, if not, the country 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | or territory in which such data is stored. 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(M) For each subsidiary of the issuer lo-11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | cated in the PRC, the information described 12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | under subparagraphs (A) through (L) with re-13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | spect to such subsidiary. 14 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(N) If the issuer or any subsidiary of the 15 |
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| 132 | 132 | | issuer located in the PRC produces goods or 16 |
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| 133 | 133 | | services that are part of a military-civil fusion 17 |
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| 134 | 134 | | strategy, whether the issuer has consulted with 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | the People’s Liberation Army or the Ministry of 19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | State Security with regard to industrial policy. 20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 138 | 138 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(A) C |
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| 140 | 140 | | OMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA .—The 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | term ‘Communist Party of China’ means the 23 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ruling party of the People’s Republic of China, 24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | including— 25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(i) party bodies at the national and 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | sub-national level; and 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(ii) any agency or instrumentality of 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | the Communist Party of China. 4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 152 | 152 | | OVERED ISSUER.—The term ‘cov-5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ered issuer’ means an issuer— 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(i) that is— 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(I) headquartered in the PRC 8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (including the Hong Kong and Macau 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Special Administrative Regions); 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(II) a branch or subsidiary of 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | an issuer headquartered in the PRC; 12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | or 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(III) a variable interest entity 14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | or other type of firm structured 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | through a series of contracts or over-16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | lapping personnel— 17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(aa) that are tied to core 18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | operations in the PRC; or 19 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(bb) controlled and owned 20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | by an issuer headquartered in the 21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | PRC; or 22 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(ii) that— 23 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(I) is domiciled in a tax haven 24 |
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| 172 | 172 | | jurisdiction or self-governing terri-25 |
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| 176 | 176 | | tories, including the Cayman Islands, 1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxem-3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | bourg, Singapore, the United Arab 4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Emirates, the Bahamas, Cyprus, or 5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | Mauritius; and 6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(II) has the majority of the 7 |
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| 183 | 183 | | issuer’s business operations taking 8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | place or the majority of the issuer’s 9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | revenue generated in mainland China. 10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(C) G |
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| 187 | 187 | | OVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE ’SRE-11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | PUBLIC OF CHINA.—The term ‘Government of 12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the People’s Republic of China’ means any of 13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | the following: 14 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(i) Any national or sub-national gov-15 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ernmental unit of the People’s Republic of 16 |
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| 193 | 193 | | China. 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(ii) Any national or sub-national leg-18 |
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| 195 | 195 | | islature of the People’s Republic of China. 19 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(iii) Any national or sub-national 20 |
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| 197 | 197 | | People’s Political Consultative Conference 21 |
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| 198 | 198 | | of the People’s Republic of China. 22 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(iv) Any national or sub-national ju-23 |
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| 200 | 200 | | dicial or prosecutorial body of the People’s 24 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Republic of China. 25 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(v) Any national or sub-national su-1 |
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| 206 | 206 | | pervision commission of the People’s Re-2 |
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| 207 | 207 | | public of China. 3 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(vi) Any agency or instrumentality of 4 |
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| 209 | 209 | | the People’s Republic of China. 5 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(D) I |
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| 211 | 211 | | MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER .—The 6 |
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| 212 | 212 | | term ‘immediate family member’ shall include a 7 |
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| 213 | 213 | | spouse, domestic partner, mother, father, aunt, 8 |
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| 214 | 214 | | uncle, sibling, or child. 9 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(E) M |
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| 216 | 216 | | ILITARY-CIVIL FUSION STRAT -10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | EGY.—The term ‘military-civil fusion strategy’ 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | means the strategy of the Communist Party of 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | China aiming to mobilize non-military resources 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | and expertise for military application, includ-14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ing— 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(i) the development of technology, 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | improvements in logistics, and other uses 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | by the People’s Liberation Army; and 18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(ii) firms which develop and acquire 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | advanced dual-use technology for military 20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | purposes. 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ‘‘(F) PRC.—The term ‘PRC’ means the 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | People’s Republic of China. 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(G) S |
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| 231 | 231 | | ENIOR OFFICIAL.—The term ‘senior 24 |
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| 232 | 232 | | official’, when used in connection with the Gov-25 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ernment of the People’s Republic of China or 1 |
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| 237 | 237 | | the Communist Party of China, means— 2 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(i) an official with the rank of a dep-3 |
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| 239 | 239 | | uty at the provincial or ministerial level 4 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (shengbu ji fu zhi) or higher; or 5 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(ii) a chief at the bureau level (tingju 6 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ji zheng zhi) or higher. 7 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ‘‘(H) V |
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| 244 | 244 | | ARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY .—The 8 |
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| 245 | 245 | | term ‘variable interest entity’ means an entity 9 |
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| 246 | 246 | | where an investor has a controlling interest that 10 |
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| 247 | 247 | | is not based on holding the majority of voting 11 |
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| 248 | 248 | | rights.’’. 12 |
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| 249 | 249 | | SEC. 3. DISCLOSURES BY EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS IN-13 |
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| 250 | 250 | | VESTING IN CHINESE COMPANIES. 14 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 15 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (15 U.S.C. 78m), as amended by section 2, is further 16 |
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| 253 | 253 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(t) D |
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| 255 | 255 | | ISCLOSURES BYEXCHANGETRADEDFUNDS 18 |
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| 256 | 256 | | I |
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| 257 | 257 | | NVESTING INCHINESECOMPANIES.— 19 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 259 | 259 | | N GENERAL.—Each exchange traded fund 20 |
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| 260 | 260 | | required to file an annual report under section 13(a) 21 |
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| 261 | 261 | | or 15(d) shall, if the fund invested in the securities 22 |
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| 262 | 262 | | of any PRC company during the reporting period, 23 |
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| 263 | 263 | | include in such report the following, with respect to 24 |
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| 264 | 264 | | each such PRC company: 25 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(A) Who owns the company, including 1 |
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| 269 | 269 | | whether the company is owned by the Govern-2 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ment of the People’s Republic of China or a 3 |
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| 271 | 271 | | PRC state-controlled entity. 4 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(B) Whether the company operates a 5 |
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| 273 | 273 | | Communist Party of China branch or com-6 |
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| 274 | 274 | | mittee within the company’s corporate struc-7 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ture. 8 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘(C) Whether the company has any con-9 |
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| 277 | 277 | | tractual agreements with the Government of the 10 |
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| 278 | 278 | | People’s Republic of China or the Communist 11 |
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| 279 | 279 | | Party of China or any agency or instrumen-12 |
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| 280 | 280 | | tality of either. 13 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(D) Whether the company has partici-14 |
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| 282 | 282 | | pated in the PRC’s industrial policies or has 15 |
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| 283 | 283 | | military or public security contracts. 16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ‘‘(E) Whether any funding, direction, or 17 |
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| 285 | 285 | | other forms of control over the company are ex-18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ercised by the Government of the People’s Re-19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | public of China or the Communist Party of 20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | China. 21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(F) Whether executive-level employees 22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | and board members of the company have imme-23 |
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| 291 | 291 | | diate family members who are senior officials of 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | the Communist Party of China or the Govern-25 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ment of the People’s Republic of China or are 1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | themselves senior officials of the Communist 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | Party of China or the Government of the Peo-3 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ple’s Republic of China. 4 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(G) Whether the company is part of (in-5 |
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| 301 | 301 | | cluding by reason of being a branch or sub-6 |
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| 302 | 302 | | sidiary) or tied to (through a series of contracts 7 |
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| 303 | 303 | | or parallel corporate incorporations) firms or 8 |
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| 304 | 304 | | individuals sanctioned, restricted, or identified 9 |
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| 305 | 305 | | as tied to the People’s Liberation Army by the 10 |
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| 306 | 306 | | United States Government, including under— 11 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ‘‘(i) the Military End User List main-12 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tained by the Bureau of Industry and Se-13 |
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| 309 | 309 | | curity of the Department of Commerce; 14 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(ii) the Non-SDN Chinese Military- 15 |
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| 311 | 311 | | Industrial Complex Companies List; 16 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ‘‘(iii) the Unverified List maintained 17 |
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| 313 | 313 | | by the Secretary of Commerce; 18 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ‘‘(iv) the List maintained by the Fed-19 |
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| 315 | 315 | | eral Communications Commission of equip-20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ment and services covered by section 2 of 21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | the Secure and Trusted Communications 22 |
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| 318 | 318 | | Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601); 23 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(v) the Uyghur Forced Labor Pre-1 |
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| 323 | 323 | | vention Act Entity List maintained by the 2 |
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| 324 | 324 | | Department of Homeland Security; 3 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(vi) the list of covered issuers subject 4 |
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| 326 | 326 | | to a prohibition under section 104 of the 5 |
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| 327 | 327 | | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 328 | 328 | | 7214) maintained by the Securities and 7 |
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| 329 | 329 | | Exchange Commission; and 8 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(vii) the Withhold Release Orders 9 |
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| 331 | 331 | | and Findings List maintained by the Com-10 |
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| 332 | 332 | | missioner of U.S. Customs and Border 11 |
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| 333 | 333 | | Protection. 12 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(H) The types of products and services 13 |
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| 335 | 335 | | offered by the company. 14 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(I) Whether the company has a contract 15 |
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| 337 | 337 | | with the United States Department of Defense. 16 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(J) Whether the company produces a 17 |
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| 339 | 339 | | product or service that is used in the produc-18 |
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| 340 | 340 | | tion of aircraft, spacecraft, semiconductor chips 19 |
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| 341 | 341 | | and equipment, batteries or battery compo-20 |
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| 342 | 342 | | nents, facial recognition technology, artificial 21 |
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| 343 | 343 | | intelligence, telecommunications technology, en-22 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ergy production equipment, advanced medical 23 |
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| 345 | 345 | | devices, or pharmaceuticals or any such prod-24 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ucts related to the national technology and in-1 |
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| 350 | 350 | | dustrial base in the United States. 2 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ‘‘(K) Whether the company produces goods 3 |
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| 352 | 352 | | that would violate U.S. environmental law or 4 |
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| 353 | 353 | | U.S. civil liberties law if the goods were pro-5 |
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| 354 | 354 | | duced or used in the United States. 6 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(L) Any business activities conducted by 7 |
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| 356 | 356 | | the company— 8 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(i) with a privately held firm involved 9 |
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| 358 | 358 | | in China’s industrial, technology, and mili-10 |
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| 359 | 359 | | tary modernization efforts based in the 11 |
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| 360 | 360 | | People’s Republic of China; or 12 |
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| 361 | 361 | | ‘‘(ii) with a Chinese state-controlled 13 |
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| 362 | 362 | | entity. 14 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ‘‘(M) Whether the company has ever had 15 |
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| 364 | 364 | | an audit of the same type and quality as typi-16 |
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| 365 | 365 | | cally used by an issuer of publicly traded securi-17 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ties. 18 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 368 | 368 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 19 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(A) E |
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| 370 | 370 | | XCHANGE TRADED FUND .—The 20 |
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| 371 | 371 | | term ‘exchange traded fund’ has the meaning 21 |
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| 372 | 372 | | given that term under section 270.6c–11 of title 22 |
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| 373 | 373 | | 17, Code of Federal Regulations. 23 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(B) O |
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| 375 | 375 | | THER DEFINITIONS .—The terms 24 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ‘Communist Party of China’, ‘Government of 25 |
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| 380 | 380 | | the People’s Republic of China’, ‘immediate 1 |
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| 381 | 381 | | family member’, and ‘PRC’ have the meaning 2 |
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| 382 | 382 | | given those terms, respectively, under sub-3 |
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| 383 | 383 | | section (s)(2).’’. 4 |
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