I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Lucas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4447 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith, with the following amendment: At the end of the bill, insert the following: Subtitle G--Prohibition on the Transfer of Intellectual Property SEC. 12701. STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES PROHIBITION. (a) Innovate in America.--None of the funds authorized or made available by this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, may be used in awarding a grant, loan, or demonstration project to an entity that fails to certify that resulting intellectual property, technologies, and data, for the purpose authorized, will not be transferred to any other entity that-- (1) is determined to be of risk by the Secretary of Energy in consultation with the Under Secretary for Science; the Under Secretary of Energy; the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security; and the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; (2) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (in accordance with section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act; or (3) was identified by the United States Trade Representative in the most recent report submitted under section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.…
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