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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 254 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Director of the National Science Foundation from awarding |
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| 6 | 6 | | grants and other forms of assistance to Chinese communist military |
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| 7 | 7 | | companies and their affiliates, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. A |
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| 11 | 11 | | LLENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Science, Space, and Technology |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit the Director of the National Science Foundation |
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| 15 | 15 | | from awarding grants and other forms of assistance to |
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| 16 | 16 | | Chinese communist military companies and their affili- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ates, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Science First 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 254 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | GRANTS AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TO CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY COMPA-3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sion of law, the Director of the National Science Founda-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tion may not provide grants or other forms of assistance 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to any individual or entity that is affiliated or otherwise 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | has a relationship, including but not limited to a research 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | partnership, joint venture, or contract with— 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) an entity included on the list maintained 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the Export Administration Regulations; 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) a company on the list required by section 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 1237 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Au-15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), or required by sec-17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion 1260H of the Mac Thornberry National De-18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub-19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | lic Law 116–283), or any successor list; or 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) any parent, subsidiary, affiliate of, or entity 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | owned by or controlled by, an entity described in 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | paragraph (1) or (2). 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) E |
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| 51 | 51 | | XPORTADMINISTRATION REGULATIONSDE-24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Export Administration 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Regulations’’ means the regulations set forth in sub-26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 254 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | chapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Reg-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ulations, or successor regulations. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Æ |
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