Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB1965 Compare Versions

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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1965
5	5	To prohibit airport improvement grants funds from being used for contracts
6	6	with entities that have violated intellectual property rights of United
7	7	States entities.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JUNE14, 2023
10	10	Mr. C
11	11	ORNYN(for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. LEE) introduced
12	12	the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
13	13	on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To prohibit airport improvement grants funds from being
16	16	used for contracts with entities that have violated intel-
17	17	lectual property rights of United States entities.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airport Infrastructure 4
22	22	Resources Security Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘AIR Security 5
23	23	Act’’. 6
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26	26	•S 1965 IS
27	27	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF AIRPORT IM-1
28	28	PROVEMENT GRANT FUNDS TO CERTAIN EN-2
29	29	TITIES THAT HAVE VIOLATED INTELLECTUAL 3
30	30	PROPERTY RIGHTS OF UNITED STATES ENTI-4
31	31	TIES. 5
32	32	(a) I
33	33	NGENERAL.—During the period beginning on 6
34	34	the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 7
35	35	of this Act, amounts provided as project grants under sub-8
36	36	chapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, 9
37	37	may not be used to enter into a contract described in sub-10
38	38	section (b) with any entity on the list required by sub-11
39	39	section (c). 12
40	40	(b) C
41	41	ONTRACTDESCRIBED.—A contract described in 13
42	42	this subsection is a contract or other agreement for the 14
43	43	procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a pas-15
44	44	senger boarding bridge at an airport. 16
45	45	(c) L
46	46	ISTREQUIRED.— 17
47	47	(1) I
48	48	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 18
49	49	the date of enactment of this Act, and thereafter as 19
50	50	required by paragraph (2), the United States Trade 20
51	51	Representative, the Attorney General, and the Ad-21
52	52	ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 22
53	53	shall make available a publicly-available a list of en-23
54	54	tities manufacturing airport passenger boarding in-24
55	55	frastructure or equipment that— 25
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58	58	•S 1965 IS
59	59	(A) are owned, directed by, or subsidized 1
60	60	in whole, or in part by the People’s Republic of 2
61	61	China; 3
62	62	(B) have been determined by a Federal 4
63	63	court to have misappropriated intellectual prop-5
64	64	erty or trade secrets from an entity organized 6
65	65	under the laws of the United States or any ju-7
66	66	risdiction within the United States; 8
67	67	(C) own or control, are owned or controlled 9
68	68	by, are under common ownership or control 10
69	69	with, or are successors to, an entity described 11
70	70	in subparagraph (A); 12
71	71	(D) own or control, are under common 13
72	72	ownership or control with, or are successors to, 14
73	73	an entity described in subparagraph (A); or 15
74	74	(E) have entered into an agreement with 16
75	75	or accepted funding from, whether in the form 17
76	76	of minority investment interest or debt, have 18
77	77	entered into a partnership with, or have entered 19
78	78	into another contractual or other written ar-20
79	79	rangement with, an entity described in subpara-21
80	80	graph (A). 22
81	81	(2) U
82	82	PDATES TO LIST.—The United States 23
83	83	Trade Representative shall update the list required 24
84	84	by paragraph (1), based on information provided by 25
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87	87	•S 1965 IS
88	88	the Attorney General and the Administrator of the 1
89	89	Federal Aviation Administration— 2
90	90	(A) not less frequently than every 90 days 3
91	91	during the 180-day period following the initial 4
92	92	publication of the list under paragraph (1); and 5
93	93	(B) not less frequently than annually 6
94	94	thereafter. 7
95	95	(d) D
96	96	EFINITIONS.—In this section, the definitions in 8
97	97	section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply. 9
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