PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACTS TO ENTITIES CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.

SEC. 842. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACTS TO ENTITIES CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. (a) Terminology Amendment.—Subsection (a) of section 2536 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “a company owned by”; and (2) by striking out “that company” and inserting in lieu thereof “that entity”. (b) Exclusion From Definition of Entity Controlled by Foreign Government.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such term does not include an organization or corporation that is owned, but is not controlled, either directly or indirectly, by a foreign government if the ownership of that organization or corporation by that foreign government was effective before October 23, 1992.”. (c) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 2536. Award of certain contracts to entities controlled by a foreign government: prohibition”. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter V of chapter 148 of such title is amended to read as follows: “2636. Award of certain contracts to entities controlled by a foreign government: prohibition.”. 107 STAT. 1720