,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bi1 #bjbe,mr4  
,kean 7for himself and ,ms4 ,scholten7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services1 and in addition to
 the ,committee on ,agriculture1 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     
prohibit ,members of ,congress from     
conducting certain financial            
transactions involving a foreign        
adversary of the ,united ,states1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,foreign 
,adversary ,investment ,prohibition     
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition with respect to 
certain transactions by ,members of     
,congress with a foreign adversary  7a7 
,in general ,a ,member of ,congress may 
not1 during the term of service of the  

,member of ,congress1 conduct any       
covered financial transaction that      
benefits1 directly or indirectly1 a     
foreign adversary or an entity owned or 
operated by a foreign adversary4  7b7   
,civil enforcement  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,attorney ,general may bring a     
civil action in an appropriate district 
court of the ,united ,states against any
 person who violates1 or whom the       
,attorney ,general has reason to believe
 is engaging in conduct that violates1  
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,civil penalty ,if
 the court finds by a preponderance of  
the evidence that a person violated     
subsection 7a71 the court shall impose a
 civil penalty of not more than-- 7,a7  
in the case of a first violation of     
subsection 7a71 #e1jjj2  7,b7 in the    
case of a second violation of subsection
 7a71 #aj1jjj2 and  7,c7 in the case of 
each violation of subsection 7a7 after a
 second violation under subparagraph    
7,b71 #ae1jjj4  7c7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,covered financial   

transaction  7,a7 ,in general ,the term 
covered financial transaction includes--
 7i7 any gift1 subscription1 loan1      
advance1 or deposit of money or anything
 of value2  7ii7 any investment in--    
7,i7 a security 7as defined in section  
#c7;a7 of ,securities ,exchange ,act of 
#aicd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gh;c7a7772  7,,ii7
 a security future 7as defined in that  
section72 or  7,,iii7 a commodity 7as   
defined in section #a;a of the          
,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#a;a772 and  7iii7 any economic interest
 comparable to an interest described in 
clause 7i7 that is acquired through     
synthetic means1 such as the use of a   
derivative1 including an option1        
warrant1 or other similar means4  7#b7  
,foreign adversary ,the term foreign    
adversary means-- 7,a7 the ,people's    
,republic of ,china1 including the ,hong
 ,kong ,special ,administrative         
,regions2  7,b7 the ,republic of ,cuba2 
7,c7 the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran2   
7,d7 the ,democratic ,people's ,republic

 of ,korea2  7,e7 the ,russian          
,federation2 and  7,f7 the ,bolivarian  
,republic of ,venezuela under the regime
 of ,nicols ,maduro ,moros4  7#c7       
,member of ,congress ,the term ,member  
of ,congress means a ,senator or        
,representative in1 or ,delegate or     
,resident ,commissioner to1 the         
,congress4