US SB1459 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on May 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Controls exports of certain national interest technology and intellectual property to China. Specifically, covered technology or intellectual property includes items that (1) would contribute significantly to the Chinese military to the detriment of U.S. national security, (2) are necessary to protect the U.S. economy from the drain of scarce materials by demand from China, (3) are included in a designated list of product components compiled by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), or (4) are used by China to violate human rights or religious liberties. The bill requires the President to control exports to China of any covered technology or intellectual property. Additionally, the President must sanction (1) any foreign person who sells to, or purchases from, China any covered item; and (2) any Chinese person who knowingly uses a covered item provided to them in violation of U.S. export control law. In addition to a specified list of industries subject to the bill, the USTR must identify products manufactured or produced in, or exported from, China that either receive certain support from China or are used by China to violate human rights or religious liberties.
Title
China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO] | Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] | Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-05-14 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3532 (Related) 2019-06-27 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign trade and international finance
Human rights
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Religion
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign trade and international finance
Human rights
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Religion
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1459/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1459/BILLS-116s1459is.pdf |