Sec. 11. Prohibition on procurement of certain products from a covered foreign entity, including products intended to be included in the Strategic National Stockpile
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No Federal funds may be used to procure by contract, subcontract, grant, cooperative agreement, or otherwise any product sourced, manufactured, or assembled in whole or in part by a covered foreign entity that poses a supply chain risk to the national security of the United States, including products identified in the report required under subsection (b). Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report concerning supply chain risks and vulnerabilities posed by a covered foreign entity to the national security, including health security, of the United States, and methods to mitigate such risks and vulnerabilities.
The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include information relating to such business sectors: Pharmaceutical. Medical. Rare earth material. Cybersecurity. Information security. Communication technology, including fifth generation technology. Electronics. The President may waive the prohibitions under this section with respect to a product if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such waiver is in the national security interests of the United States. The President may terminate the prohibition with respect to a product if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15 days before such termination takes effect that China— acknowledges intentionally distorting and concealing information concerning the spread of the virus responsible for COVID–19; and provides compensation to the United States for actions described in paragraph (1), which caused— avoidable loss of life, health, or property of citizens of the United States; and damage to the national economy of the United States. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. The term covered foreign entity means any entity domiciled in China or subject to influence or control by China or the Communist Party of China, as determined by the Secretary of State.