,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cifa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,mr4 
,fallon 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,kiggans of 
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,mc,guire1 ,mr4 ,higgins
 of ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,mc,cormick1 and   
,mr4 ,gooden7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,secretary of  
,defense from entering into software    
source code contracts with entities with
 certain relationships with ,china1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,prohibition on
 software source code contracts with    
entities with certain relationships with
 ,china  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 of ,defense may not enter into1 renew1 
or extend a contract for the provision  
of software source code with a person   
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,person described ,a person described in
 this subsection is a person that--     
7#a7 owns1 operates1 substantially      
funds1 or has a material interest in a  

facility located in covered country1 if 
such facility has a primary purpose 7as 
determined by the ,secretary7 of        
researching or developing artificial    
intelligence2  7#b7 has allowed a       
covered country to access to the        
software1 or the source code relating to
 such software1 that is the subject of  
the contract1 where such access could   
allow the covered country to reverse    
engineer such software source code2 or  
7#c7 operates a data center 7as such    
term is defined in section #dec of the  
,energy ,independence and ,security ,act
 of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agaab77 in a  
covered country with respect to such    
software source code1 including a data  
center operated--  7,a7 by a parent1    
subsidiary1 or affiliate of an entity   
seeking to enter into1 renew1 or extend 
a contract with the ,secretary2 or  7,b7
 on behalf of such an entity by a       
covered country4  7c7 ,waiver authority 
,the ,secretary may waive the           
prohibition under this section if the   

,secretary determines such a waiver is  
in the national security interests of   
the ,united ,states4  7d7 ,applicability
 ,this section shall apply only with    
respect to contracts entered into1      
renewed1 or extended within three years 
after the date of the enactment of such 
section4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this     
,act3 7#a7 ,the term covered country has
 the meaning given the term covered     
foreign entity in section #hab of the   
,national ,defense ,authorization,act   
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbd 7,public ,law   
#aah-ca2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #deja note       
prec474  7#b7 ,the term material        
interest means a financial or other     
interest that the ,secretary determines 
is significant enough to influence a    
decision or action of an individual4