,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of funds  
for the production of films by ,united  
,states companies that alter content for
 screening in the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stopping ,censorship1 ,restoring   
,integrity1 and ,protecting ,talkies    
,act or the ,,script ,act4  #b4         
,limitation on use of funds for         
production of films and prohibition on  
use of such funds for films subject to  
conditions on content or altered for    
screening in the ,people's ,republic of 
,china or the ,chinese ,communist ,party
  7a7 ,limitation on use of funds ,the  
,president may only authorize the       
provision of technical support or access

 to an asset controlled by the ,federal 
,government for1 or authorize the head  
of a ,federal agency to enter into a    
contract relating to1 the production or 
funding of a film by a ,united ,states  
company if the ,united ,states company1 
as a condition of receiving the support 
or access-- 7#a7 provides to the        
,secretary a list of all films produced 
or funded by the ,united ,states company
 the content of which has been          
submitted1 during the shorter of the    
preceding #aj-year period or the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 to an official of the     
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china or the ,chinese ,communist    
,party for evaluation with respect to   
screening the film in the ,people's     
,republic of ,china1 including1 for each
 film-- 7,a7 the title of the film2 and 
7,b7 the date on which the submittal    
occurred2  7#b7 enters into a written   
agreement with the ,president1 or the   
,federal agency providing the support or

 access1 not to alter the content of the
 film in response to1 or in anticipation
 of1 a request by an official of the    
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china or the ,chinese ,communist    
,party2 and  7#c7 submits such agreement
 to the ,secretary4  7b7 ,prohibition   
with respect to films subject to        
conditions on content or altered for    
screening in the ,people's ,republic of 
,china ,notwithstanding subsection 7a71 
the ,president may not authorize the    
provision of technical support or access
 to any asset controlled by the ,federal
 ,government for1 or authorize the head 
of a ,federal agency to enter into any  
contract relating to1 the production or 
funding of a film by a ,united ,states  
company if-- 7#a7 the film is           
co-produced by an entity located in the 
,people's ,republic of ,china that is   
subject to conditions on content imposed
 by an official of the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china or the
 ,chinese ,communist ,party2 or  7#b7   

with respect to the most recent report  
submitted under subsection 7c71 the     
,united ,states company is listed in the
 report under subparagraph 7,c7 or 7,d7 
of paragraph 7#b7 of that subsection4   
7c7 ,report to ,congress  7#a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and annually thereafter1 the ,secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate         
committees of ,congress a report on     
films disclosed under subsection 7a7    
that are associated with a ,united      
,states company that has received       
technical support or access to an asset 
controlled by the ,federal ,government  
for1 or has entered into a contract with
 the ,federal ,government relating to1  
the production or funding of a film4    
7#b7 ,elements ,each report required by 
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        
following3 7,a7 ,a description of each  
film listed pursuant to the requirement 
under subsection 7a77#a7 the content of 
which was submitted1 during the shorter 

of the preceding #aj-year period or the 
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 by a ,united    
,states company to an official of the   
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china or the ,chinese ,communist    
,party for evaluation with respect to   
screening the film in the ,people's     
,republic of ,china1 including-- 7i7 the
 ,united ,states company that submitted 
the contents of the film2  7ii7 the     
title of the film2 and  7iii7 the date  
on which the submittal occurred4  7,b7  
,a description of each film with respect
 to which a ,united ,states company     
entered into a written agreement with   
the ,president or the ,federal agency   
providing the support or access1 as     
applicable1 pursuant to the requirement 
under subsection 7a77#b7 not to alter   
the content of the film in response to1 
or in anticipation of1 a request by an  
official of the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china or the    
,chinese ,communist ,party1 during the  

shorter of the preceding #aj-year period
 or the period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 including-- 
7i7 the ,united ,states company that    
entered into the agreement2 and  7ii7   
the title of the film4  7,c7 ,the title 
of any film described under subparagraph
 7,a71 and the corresponding ,united    
,states company described in clause 7i7 
of that subparagraph-- 7i7 that was     
submitted to an official of the         
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china or the ,chinese ,communist    
,party during the preceding #c-year     
period2 and  7ii7 for which the         
,secretary assesses that the content was
 altered in response to1 or in          
anticipation of1 a request by an        
official of the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china or the    
,chinese ,communist ,party4  7,d7 ,the  
title of any film that is described in  
both subparagraph 7,a7 and subparagraph 
7,b71 and the corresponding one or more 
,united ,states companies described in  

clause 7i7 of each such subparagraph--  
7i7 that was submitted to an official of
 the ,government of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china or the ,chinese     
,communist ,party during the preceding  
#aj-year period2 and  7ii7 for which the
 ,secretary assesses that the content   
was altered in response to1 or in       
anticipation of1 a request by an        
official of the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china or the    
,chinese ,communist ,party4  7d7        
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
,the term appropriate committees of     
,congress means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services1 the ,committee on    
,foreign ,relations1 and the ,committee 
on ,commerce1 ,science1 and             
,transportation of the ,senate2 and     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services1
 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1   
and the ,committee on ,energy and       
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives4  7#b7 ,content ,the   

term content means any description of a 
film1 including the script4  7#c7       
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,commerce4  7#d7      
,united ,states company ,the term       
,united ,states company means a private 
entity incorporated in the ,united      
,states4