Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions
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The President shall impose the sanction described in section 202 with respect to any foreign person that, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly— operates, directs, or otherwise deals in a connected software application that— is subject to the jurisdiction or direction of, or directly or indirectly operating on behalf of China, or is owned by, directly or indirectly controlled by, or otherwise subject to the influence of China; and is reasonable believed to have facilitated or may be facilitating or contributing to China’s— military, intelligence, espionage, or weapons proliferation activities; censorship activities; surveillance activities; control or use of recommendation algorithms that are capable of manipulating content; malicious cyber activities; or use of data to target audiences for information campaigns; directly or indirectly orders, controls, directs, engages in, or otherwise facilitates an act of election interference against the United States; directly or indirectly orders, controls, directs, engages in, or otherwise facilitates an act of election interference in or against a foreign country that is— a treaty ally of the United States; or a democratic or emerging democratic partner of the United States; directly or indirectly orders, controls, directs, engages in, or otherwise facilitates an act of steering United States policy and regulatory decisions in favor of China’s strategic objectives, to the detriment of the economic or national security of the United States; knowingly facilitates a transaction or transactions for or on behalf of a person described, or a person that has engaged in the activity described, as the case may be, in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); knowingly assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or technological support for a person described, or a person that has engaged in the activity described, as the case may be, in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or is owned or controlled by, or has acted for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person described, or a person that has engaged in the activity described, as the case may be, in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4).
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— a definition of the term democratic or emerging democratic partner of the United States ; and a list of foreign countries that are designated as a democratic or emerging democratic partner of the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(3) that includes the countries listed in paragraph (2). Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, India, and Taiwan shall be deemed to have been so designated as a democratic or emerging democratic partner of the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(3).
The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under subparagraph
(A)on a periodic basis.