,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cihi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bj1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,rubio introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit      
defense contracting with companies that 
employ lobbyists who represent ,chinese 
military companies or human rights      
abusers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,chinese ,communist ,party ,lobbying
 ,divestment ,act of #bjbd4  #b4        
,prohibition on contracting with        
companies with lobbying ties to ,chinese
 military companies and human rights    
abusers  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #cfc  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #dffc4          
,prohibition on contracting with        
companies with lobbying ties to ,chinese
 military companies and human rights    
abusers  7a7 ,prohibition ,the          

,secretary of ,defense may not enter    
into a contract for the procurement of  
goods or services with any person unless
 that person certifies to the ,secretary
 of ,defense that-- 7#a7 the person does
 not employ or retain1 and will not     
employ or retain for the duration of the
 contract1 any lobbyist or lobbying firm
 that is registered to conduct lobbying 
activities on behalf of a client that is
 listed on-- 7,a7 the ,department of    
,defense's ,chinese ,military ,company  
,list2  7,b7 the ,department of the     
,treasury's ,non-,,sdn ,chinese         
,military ,industrial ,complex          
,companies ,list2  7,c7 the ,department 
of ,commerce's ,denied ,persons ,list1  
,entity ,list1 or ,military ,end ,user  
,list1 if the client in question is--   
7i7 an agency or instrumentality of the 
,people's ,republic of ,china2  7ii7 an 
entity headquartered in the ,people's   
,republic of ,china2 or  7iii7 directly 
or indirectly owned or controlled by an 
agency1 instrumentality1 or entity      

described in clause 7i7 or 7ii72 or     
7,d7 the ,department of ,homeland       
,security's ,uyghur ,forced ,labor      
,prevention ,act ,entity ,list2 and     
7#b7 the person will adopt reasonable   
procedures to detect and report if any  
lobbyist or lobbying firm it has        
employed or retained registers to       
conduct lobbying activities on behalf of
 a client described in paragraph 7#a7   
during the performance of a contract4   
7b7 ,violations ,each contract described
 under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7      
include a mechanism for the contractor  
or third parties to report violations of
 a requirement under subsection 7a72    
7#b7 provide that the ,department of    
,defense may audit or otherwise inspect 
the records of the contractor to        
determine if the contractor has violated
 a requirement under subsection 7a72 and
  7#c7 provide that1 if the head of an  
agency determines that a contractor has 
violated a requirement under subsection 
7a71 the ,department of ,defense may--  

7,a7 withhold or claw back funds from   
the contractor until such time as the   
contractor ceases to employ or retain   
the lobbyist2 and  7,b7 rescind the     
contract if the contractor fails to come
 into compliance with a requirement     
under subsection 7a7 in a timely manner4
  7c7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary of        
,defense may waive the prohibition on a 
case-by-case basis if the ,secretary    
determines and certifies to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,senate and the ,committee on ,armed    
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives that exercising such   
waiver is necessary to the national     
security interests of the ,united       
,states4  7d7 ,lobbyist and lobbying    
firm defined ,in this section1 the terms
 lobbyist and lobbying firm have the    
meaning given the terms in section #c of
 the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjb74  4  7b7 ,clerical
 amendment ,the table of sections at the
 beginning of chapter #cfc of title #aj1

 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   
inserting after the item relating to    
section #dffb the following new item3   
#dffc4 ,prohibition on contracting with 
companies with lobbying ties to ,chinese
 military companies and human rights    
abusers4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the   
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect #cj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4