,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,ricketts introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to prohibit the purchase of    
certain securities from covered         
entities1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,prc ,military and ,human ,rights  
,capital ,markets ,sanctions ,act of    
#bjbe4  #b4 ,prohibition on purchase of 
certain securities from covered entities
  7a7 ,definitions  7#a7 ,covered entity
  7,a7 ,in general ,in this section1 the
 term covered entity means the          
following3 7i7 ,any entity that is on   
the list of ,specially ,designated      
,nationals and ,blocked ,persons        
maintained by the ,office of ,foreign   
,assets ,control of the ,department of  
the ,treasury1 or any entity under      
common ownership or control with such   

entity4  7ii7 ,any entity on the        
,non-,,sdn ,chinese                     
,military-,industrial ,complex          
,companies ,list 7commonly known as the 
,,ns-,,cmic ,list7 maintained by the    
,office of ,foreign ,assets ,control of 
the ,department of the ,treasury        
pursuant to ,executive ,order #aciei    
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2 relating to  
addressing the threat from securities   
investments that finance communist      
,chinese military companies71 or any    
entity under common ownership or control
 with such entity4  7iii7 ,any ,chinese 
military company included on the list   
maintained by the ,department of        
,defense under section #abfj;,h7b7 of   
the ,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba 7,public ,law   
#aaf-bhc2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #aac note7 as of
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 or any entity under common ownership or
 control with such company4  7iv7 ,any  
,chinese entity with respect to which   

sanctions have been imposed under the   
under the ,global ,magnitsky ,human     
,rights ,accountability ,act 7#bb       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja et seq471 or any entity
 under common ownership or control with 
such entity4  7v7 ,any ,chinese entity  
that produces goods that have been the  
subject of a withhold release order     
issued pursuant to section #cjg of the  
,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#acjg7 during the #b-year period ending 
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act1 or any entity under common        
ownership or control of such entity4    
7vi7 ,any ,chinese entity included on   
the ,entity ,list maintained by the     
,bureau of ,industry and ,security of   
the ,department of ,commerce and set    
forth in ,supplement ,no4 #d to part    
#gdd of title #ae1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations1 or any entity under common
 ownership or control with such entity4 
7vii7 ,any ,chinese entity on a list    
maintained under clause 7i71 7ii71 7iv71
 or 7v7 of section #b7;d77#b77;,b7 of   

the ,act entitled ,an ,act to ensure    
that goods made with forced labor in the
 ,xinjiang ,autonomous ,region of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china do not    
enter the ,united ,states market1 and   
for other purposes1 approved ,december  
#bc1 #bjba 7,public ,law #aag-gh2 #bb   
,u4,s4,c4 #fija note7 7commonly referred
 to as the ,uyghur ,forced ,labor       
,prevention ,act71 or any entity under  
common ownership or control with such   
entity4  7viii7 ,any ,chinese entity on 
the ,military ,end-,user ,list          
maintained by the ,bureau of ,industry  
and ,security and set forth in          
,supplement ,no4 #g to part #gdd of     
title #ae1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 or any entity under common
 ownership or control with such entity4 
7,b7 ,control ,for purposes of          
subparagraph 7,a71 the term control has 
the meaning given the term in section   
#bcj4dje of title #ag1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations4  7#b7 ,united states     
person ,the term ,united ,states person 

means-- 7,a7 a ,united ,states citizen  
or an alien lawfully admitted for       
permanent residence to the ,united      
,states2  7,b7 an entity organized under
 the laws of the ,united ,states or any 
jurisdiction within the ,united ,states1
 including a foreign branch of such an  
entity2 or  7,c7 any person in the      
,united ,states4  7b7 ,prohibition ,not 
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall-- 7#a7 compile and maintain a     
single list of covered entities2  7#b7  
where possible1 include in the list     
described in paragraph 7#a7 a unique    
identification number for each covered  
entity1 such as a ,committee on ,uniform
 ,securities ,identification ,procedures
 number or a ,stock ,exchange ,daily    
,official ,list number2  7#c7 make the  
list described in paragraph 7#a7        
available to the public2 and  7#d7      
publicly identify and prohibit the      
purchase1 sale1 or holding by a ,united 
,states person of a-- 7,a7 publicly     

traded security issued by a covered     
entity2  7,b7 publicly traded security  
that is derivative of a publicly traded 
security issued by a covered entity2 and
  7,c7 security that provides investment
 exposure to a publicly traded security 
issued by a covered entity4  7c7        
,divestment required  7#a7 ,in general  
,notwithstanding subsection 7b71 a      
,united ,states person shall divest of  
all securities described in subsection  
7b7-- 7,a7 with respect to a security   
identified by the ,president under      
subsection 7b7 before the end of the    
#ij-;day period beginning on the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 not later than 
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act2 and  7,b7 with respect to a 
security identified by the ,president   
under subsection 7b7 after the end of   
the #ij-;day period beginning on the    
date of enactment of this ,act1 not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
such identification4  7#b7 ,facilitating
 divestment transactions ,subsection 7b7

 shall not apply to a ,united ,states   
person to the extent the person is      
facilitating the divestment of          
securities described in paragraph 7#a74 
7d7 ,penalties  7#a7 ,in general ,a     
,united ,states person that violates1   
attempts to violate1 conspires to       
violate1 or causes a violation of this  
,act shall be subject to the following  
penalties3 7,a7 ,a civil penalty in an  
amount not to exceed the greater of--   
7i7 #bej1jjj2 or  7ii7 an amount that is
 twice the amount of the transaction    
that is the basis of the violation with 
respect to which the penalty is imposed4
  7,b7 ,with respect to a ,united       
,states person that willfully violates1 
willfully attempts to violate1 willfully
 conspires to violate1 or aids or abets 
in the commission of a violation of this
 ,act shall be subject to a criminal    
penalty-- 7i7 of a fine of not more than
 #a1jjj1jjj2 or  7ii7 if such ,united   
,states person is an individual1 a fine 
of not more than #a1jjj1jjj1 a term of  

imprisonment of not more than #bj years1
 or both4  7#b7 ,amount of a transaction
 defined ,for purposes of paragraph     
7#a77;,a77ii71 the term amount of a     
transaction means-- 7,a7 with respect to
 a purchase that violates this ,act1 the
 purchase price2  7,b7 with respect to a
 sale that violates this ,act1 the sale 
price2 and  7,c7 with respect to the    
holding of a security that violates this
 ,act1 the fair market value of the     
security at the time of the violation4