,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #e1 #bjbj,mr4   
,banks introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,financial ,services1 and in addition to
 the ,committees on ,energy and         
,commerce1 and ,foreign ,affairs1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
place temporary restrictions on         
acquisitions by the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,restriction on acquisitions by the     
,people's ,republic of ,china  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,committee on ,foreign     
,investment in the ,united ,states shall
 review1 and the ,president shall deny1 
any purchase of a controlling interest  
in a covered company by a covered       
foreign interest1 except as provided by 
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,waiver ,the       

,president may approve the purchase of a
 controlling interest in a covered      
company by a covered foreign interest if
 the ,president1 acting through the     
,committee on ,foreign ,investment in   
the ,united ,states1 determines-- 7#a7  
that it is not in the interest of the   
,united ,states to take further action  
under section #gba of the ,defense      
,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #defe7 with respect to such purchase2  
7#b7 that the purchase price was not    
significantly affected by the           
,,covid-#ai pandemic2 and  7#c7 that    
sale of the covered company to a covered
 foreign interest will not permit the   
covered foreign interest additional     
access to distribute propaganda or      
otherwise alter ,u4,s4 news and media   
consumption4  7c7 ,sunset ,this section 
shall cease to have any force or effect 
on and after the date on which the      
,president-- 7#a7 determines that the   
,united ,states has substantially       
recovered from the economic impacts of  

,,covid-#ai2 and  7#b7 notifies the     
,committee on ,foreign ,investment in   
the ,united ,states1 the ,congress1 and 
the public of such determination4  7d7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered company ,the term covered      
company means any company registered and
 doing business in the ,united ,states  
that is-- 7,a7 critical infrastructure1 
as described section                    
#gba7;a77#d77;,d77ii77,,ii7 of the      
,defense ,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4                               
#defe7;a77#d77;,d77iii77,,ii772  7,b7   
engaged in the production and           
dissemination of news media2 or  7,c7   
otherwise determined to be critical to  
national security1 critical             
infrastructure1 or culturally           
significant by the ,president4  7#b7    
,covered foreign interest ,the term     
covered foreign interest shall mean--   
7,a7 the ,government of the ,people's   
,republic of ,china2  7,b7 any entity   
partially or wholly owned or controlled 

by the ,government of the ,people's     
,republic of ,china1 and any            
subsidiaries of such an entity2  7,c7   
any other entity registered in the      
,people's ,republic of ,china with      
substantial ties to the ,government of  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china2 and  
7,d7 any other entity that the          
,president determines to be subject to  
the control 7as defined under section   
#gba7;a77#c7 of the ,defense ,production
 ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4           
#defe7;a77#c7771 whether direct or      
indirect1 of the ,government of the     
,people's ,republic of ,china4