H.R. 1048 – DETERRENT Act
Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 1 – Includes any special administrative region or other territory within one of the covered nations referenced in the bill within the bill’s definition of a “foreign country of concern” – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 2 – Amends the definition of ‘foreign entity of concern’ to include Chinese military companies identified on the list required by section 1260H of the FY2021 NDAA (colloquially referred to as the “Section 1260H list”) – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Scott (D-VA) – Amendment No. 3 – Amends Section 117 to streamline foreign gift and contract reporting, aligns reporting with other federal research security compliance requirements, establishes
common-sense sanctions for noncompliance and requires the Secretary of Education to conduct
negotiated rulemaking to receive stakeholder feedback – VOTE REQUESTED
Self (R-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Amends the threshold value at which gifts must be reported from $50,000 to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED
Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 5 – Amends the definition of “Foreign Country Of Concern” to include any country that is defending a case before the International Court of Justice relating to an alleged violation of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 or their Additional Protocols or the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and to include any country the government of which includes officials that have outstanding arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal
Court – VOTE REQUESTED
Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 6 – Amends the definition of “Investment of Concern” to include any entity that the Secretary of State determines consistently, knowingly, and directly facilitates and enables state violence and repression, war and occupation, or severe violations of international law and human rights – VOTE REQUESTED
NOT OFFERED, Williams (D-GA) – Amendment No. 7 – Revises the calculation of fees for non compliance such that the “total amount of Federal funding received by the institution under this Act” does not include funds received under title IV. The second instruction strikes from the bill the requirement that institutions comply with the various provisions of this Act in order to be eligible to participate in programs under title IV