,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddhf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #e1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,schmitt introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to strengthen    
provisions relating to employment       
transparency regarding individuals who  
perform work in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,defense ,technology
 ,report ,parity ,act4  #b4 ,employment 
transparency regarding individuals who  
perform work in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china ,section #hee of the ,national
 ,defense ,authorization ,act for       
,fiscal ,year #bjbb 7,public ,law       
#aag-ha2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #dfea note prec47
 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection        
7a77#c7-- 7,a7 by redesignating         
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as clauses  
7i7 and 7ii7 and moving such clauses1 as
 so redesignated1 two ems to the right2 
7,b7 by striking ,if a covered entity   

and inserting 7,a7 ,in general4--,if a  
covered company2 and  7,c7 in clause    
7ii71 as so redeignated1 by striking    
performed4 and inserting the following3 
8performed2 and  7iii7 whether an agency
 or instrumentality of the ,people's    
,republic of ,china or any              
non-governmental ,chinese company has   
requested access to data or otherwise   
acquired data from such covered company 
pursuant to the ,people's ,republic of  
,china's ,national ,intelligence ,law of
 ,china or any similar legislative or   
regulatory requirements4  7,b7          
,additional disclosure of information   
and additional measures regarding       
certain entities  7i7 ,in general ,if a 
covered company performs service        
contracts dealing with commercial       
computer software or noncommercial      
computer software and is required to    
make a disclosure under paragraph 7#a7  
or 7#b71 such company shall-- 7,i7      
describe the process for disclosing a   
software vulnerability1 if such company 

is also required to disclose any        
software vulnerability to the ,ministry 
of ,industry and ,information           
,technology or any other agency or      
instrumentality of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china2 and  7,,ii7 provide
 any information related to how a       
,united ,states affiliate is notified of
 a flaw described in subclause 7,i74    
7ii7 ,issuance of regulations ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of the   
enactment of this subparagraph1 the     
,secretary shall revise the ,defense    
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation       
,supplement to ensure that-- 7,i7 a     
company described in clause 7i7 is      
notified of any software vulnerability  
by any affiliated ,chinese company      
within #dh hours of such company entity 
reporting any software vulnerability to 
the ,ministry of ,industry and          
,information ,technology or any other   
agency or instrumentality of the        
,people's ,republic of ,china2 and      
7,,ii7 the company shall retain and     

furnish to the ,department of ,defense  
information regarding any software      
vulnerability reported to the ,ministry 
of ,industry and ,information           
,technology or any other agency or      
instrumentality of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china4  2  7#b7 in        
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in the subsection 
heading1 by striking entities and       
inserting companies2 and  7,b7 by       
striking entity both places it appears  
and inserting company2 and  7#c7 by     
amending subsection 7d77#b7 to read as  
follows3  7#b7 ,covered company ,the    
term covered company means a contractor 
offeror that also conducts software     
development in the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china4  4