SB 110-04: Fighting Sino-Espionage Act (Passed)

[Senator Spark]

FIGHTING SINO-ESPIONAGE ACT

Senate Bill
to fight Chinese Espionage

TITLE I: CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES

A. In this act, the term “Confucius Institute” means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

B. An institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution (an “institution”) shall not be eligible to receive any federal funds unless the institution ensures that any contract or agreement between the institution and a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that:

1. protect academic freedom at the institution;

2. prohibit the application of any foreign law on any campus of the institution;

3. grant full managerial authority of the Confucius Institute to the institution, including full control over what is being taught, the activities carried out, the research grants that are made, and who is employed at the Confucius Institute; and

4. prohibit discrimination against religious persons, including but not limited to Christians, Muslims, and Falun Gong.

C. This title shall take effect January 1, 2023.

TITLE II: CHINESE SPYWARE

A. The term “covered application” means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited;

B. The term “information technology” means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by a federal office, bureau, agency, or other entity, if the equipment is used by such federal entity directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the federal entity that requires the use of that equipment or of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product; this term includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but does not include any equipment acquired by a government contractor incidental to a public contract.

C. Not later than fifteen (15) days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any covered application shall be prohibited from being downloaded on any federal information technology and any such information technology already containing a covered application shall be removed.

Sponsor: Mr. Reactionary
Status: Debating

The gentleman from Virginia is recognized.

[Senator Spark]

I take up no issues with the current bill presented and thus, would like to co-sponsor this bill alongside Senator R.

24 hours to object.

[Senator Spark]

Rpryor's amendment goes to a vote for 4 days.

[Senator Spark]

No

[Senator Spark]

FTR I appreciate that this bill combats religious discrimination.

[Senator Spark]

Object

What do you object to here?

[Senator Spark]

Just for clarification, but we’ll be proceeding to a vote on S019’s amendment after rpryor’s has been dispensed with?

Yes, Senator.

[Senator Spark]

Amendment Vote:

AYE: WB, Utah, WD, S019, Devout, rpryor (6)
NAY: AGA, Spark, Mr R, Muaddib, WM (4)
ABSTAIN: SevenEleven, AFE (2)

The amendment passes and is hereby adopted.

[Senator Spark]

Bringing S019's amendment to a vote for 96 hours.

[Senator Spark]

Nay

[Senator Spark]

Amendment Vote:

AYE: WB, Utah, WD, S019, Devout, rpryor (6)
NAY: AGA, Spark, Mr R, Muaddib, WM (4)
ABSTAIN: SevenEleven, AFE (2)

This amendment fails and debate resumes.

Point of order, Mr. President. With six votes in favor and four opposed, the amendment passes.

Fixed. Yet another typo.

[Senator Spark]

Aye.

Also, it would be appreciated if you show what is being on voted on when opening a vote.

Vote is acknowledged, and the amendment is on the thread.

[Senator Spark]

Vote on S019 Amendment

AYE: WD, Devout Centrist, Blairite, Sev (4), 27%
NAY: Spark, Mr. R., WM, WB, DeadPrez, Greg, AGA, Yankee, Utah, Muaddib, OSR (11), 73%
ABSTAIN: None

The amendment fails, debate resumes.

[Senator Spark]

Motioning for a final vote

Acknowledged, I second.

[Senator Spark]

Bringing this bill to a final vote. Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Senator Spark]

Final vote is now open.

[Senator Spark]

Aye

[Senator Spark]

Final vote
AYE: AGA, Mr. R, WM, AFE, WD, Spark, rpryor, Devout Centrist, Utah, OSR, WB, NCY (12)
NAY: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
PRESENT/NOT VOTING: Sev, Greg, Muaddib, DeadPrez, S019, Blarite (6)

With a majority of the Senate voting in the affirmative, this bill has passed.

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[Senator Spark]

FIGHTING SINO-ESPIONAGE ACT

Senate Bill
to fight Chinese Espionage

TITLE I: CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES

A. In this act, the term “Confucius Institute” means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

B. An institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution (an “institution”) shall not be eligible to receive any federal funds unless the institution ensures that any contract or agreement between the institution and a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that:

1. protect academic freedom at the institution;

2. prohibit the application of any foreign law on any campus of the institution;

3. grant full managerial authority of the Confucius Institute to the institution, including full control over what is being taught, the activities carried out, the research grants that are made, and who is employed at the Confucius Institute; and

4. prohibit discrimination against religious persons, including but not limited to Christians, Muslims, and Falun Gong.

C. This title shall take effect January 1, 2023.

TITLE II: CHINESE SPYWARE

A. The term “covered application” means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited;

B. The term “information technology” means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by a federal office, bureau, agency, or other entity, if the equipment is used by such federal entity directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the federal entity that requires the use of that equipment or of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product; this term includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but does not include any equipment acquired by a government contractor incidental to a public contract.

C. Not later than fifteen (15) days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any covered application shall be prohibited from being downloaded on any federal information technology and any such information technology already containing a covered application shall be removed.

This bill has passed 12-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled.


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