WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott announced the introduction of the Chinese List Entity Alignment and Review (CLEAR) Act  and the National Defense Supply Chain Integrity Act to strengthen the U.S.’s scrutiny of Chinese companies operating in the United States. The CLEAR Act would require the Department of War (DoW) to review any Chinese entity listed under any other U.S. government restrictions and determine whether it should also appear on the 1260H list of Chinese companies benefitting their military, and the National Defense Supply Chain Integrity Act would limit these companies’ ability to contest their placement on the 1260H list. This would close any gaps that have allowed Communist Chinese military-linked companies to avoid inclusion on the 1260H list.

These bills continue Senator Scott’s efforts to protect America’s national security and counter Communist China’s influence by prohibiting the DoW from purchasing any Chinese-made telecommunications equipment, pressing for greater scrutiny of Chinese entities across federal sanctions lists, requiring disclosures of pharmaceutical ingredient origins to reduce reliance on Chinese drug manufacturing, strengthening the 1260H list process, and advancing multiple provisions in the Senate-passed NDAA to eliminate Communist China from U.S. supply chains. Senator Scott has also previously introduced the No Safe Harbor for the Enemy Act to stop the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) exploitation of the U.S. judicial system.

Senator Rick Scott said, “For decades, inefficiencies by the United States government have allowed dangerous Communist Chinese companies to continue operating and selling products to our military and American families while benefitting our adversary. If a foreign company is identified as a threat to one aspect of our nation, it should be treated as a threat everywhere. My two bills, the CLEAR Act and National Defense Supply Chain Integrity Act, would streamline the ban of dangerous companies that are included on the Department of War’s 1260H list, the FCC’s Covered List, and any government blacklist to ensure our nation is protected on all fronts and that these companies stay on as long as they are connected to the CCP. These bills will be a great step to closing loopholes in our supply chain that China has exploited for years while providing more tools for President Trump and his administration to safeguard our national security.”

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