Sec. 6502. IDENTIFICATION AND THREAT ASSESSMENT OF COMPANIES WITH INVESTMENTS BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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## SEC. 6502 IDENTIFICATION AND THREAT ASSESSMENT OF COMPANIES WITH INVESTMENTS BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ###

(a)Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the congressional intelligence committees; ####

(2)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and ####

(3)the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ###

(b)In General Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with such heads of elements of the intelligence community as the Director considers appropriate, the Chairperson of the Federal Communication Commission, and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the risk to national security of the use of— ####

(1)telecommunications companies with a 10% or greater direct or indirect foreign investment by an entity or person owned or controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of, the People’s Republic of China that is operating in the United States or providing services to affiliates and personnel of the intelligence community; and ####

(2)hospitality and conveyance companies with substantial investment by the People’s Republic of China by affiliates and personnel of the intelligence community for travel on behalf of the United States Government.