,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caeh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend section  
#abfj;,h of the ,william ,m4 7,mac7     
,thornberry ,national ,defense          
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjba to clarify that the identification
 of ,chinese military companies is not  
covered by the ,administrative          
,procedure ,act4  #a4  ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,national
 ,defense ,supply ,chain ,integrity ,act
 of #bjbe4  #b4  ,treatment of          
identification of ,chinese military     
companies for purposes of               
,administrative ,procedure ,act         
,section #abfj;,h 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 is amended--  7#a7 
by redesignating subsection 7g7 as      
subsection 7h72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7f7 the following new  
subsection 7g73  7g7  ,administrative   
procedure  ,a determination made by the 
,secretary of ,defense under subsection 
7a7 shall be considered a military or   
foreign affairs function for purposes of
 section #eed of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 and shall not be subject 
to sections #eea1 #eec through #eei1 and
 #gja through #gjf of that title        
7commonly referred to as the            
,administrative ,procedure ,act74  4