Sec. 711. Prohibition on provision of airport improvement grant funds to certain entities that have violated intellectual property rights of United States entities
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Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, amounts provided as project grants under subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, may not be used to enter into a covered contract with any entity on the list required under subsection (b). Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and thereafter as required under paragraph (2), the United States Trade Representative, the Attorney General, and the Administrator shall make available to the Administrator a publicly-available list of entities manufacturing airport passenger boarding infrastructure or equipment that— are owned, directed by, or subsidized in whole or in part by the People’s Republic of China; have been determined by a Federal court to have misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States; own or control, are owned or controlled by, are under common ownership or control with, or are successors to an entity described in subparagraph (A); or have entered into an agreement with or accepted funding from, whether in the form of minority investment interest or debt, have entered into a partnership with, or have entered into another contractual or other written arrangement with an entity described in subparagraph (A).
The United States Trade Representative shall update the list required under paragraph (1), based on information provided by the Attorney General and the Administrator— not less frequently than every 90 days during the 180-day period following the initial publication of the list under paragraph (1); and not less frequently than annually thereafter. In this section: The definitions in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply. The term covered contract means a contract or other agreement for the procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger boarding bridge at an airport.