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On the recordMay 20, 1998
At the end of title XII (page 253, after line 3), insert the following new section: SEC. 1206. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF SATELLITES TO CHINA. (a) In General.--No satellites of United States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite components) may be exported or reexported to the People's Republic of China. (b) Prohibition With Respect to Information, Equipment, and Technology.--No information, equipment, or technology that could be used in the acquisition, design, development (including codevelopment), or production (including coproduction) of any satellite or launch vehicle may be exported or reexported to the People's Republic of China. (c) Applicability.--Subsections (a) and (b) apply to any satellite, information, equipment, or technology that as of the date of the enactment of this Act has not been exported or reexported to the People's Republic of China, whether or not an export license for such export or reexport has been approved as of such date.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Introducing an amendment to prohibit satellite exports to China.

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