https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/cosponsors?s=1&r=15
Text of the bill:
(B) COVERED ENTITIES.—The entities described in this subparagraph are:
(i) a foreign adversary;
(ii) an entity subject to the jurisdiction of, or organized under the laws of, a foreign adversary; and
(iii) an entity owned, directed, or controlled by a person described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(8) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term “foreign adversary”—
(A) means any foreign government or regime, determined by the Secretary, pursuant to sections 3 and 5, to have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons; and
(B) includes, unless removed by the Secretary pursuant to section 6— (i) the People’s Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region; (ii) the Republic of Cuba; (iii) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (iv) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (v) the Russian Federation; and (vi) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro Moros.
Based on the hyperventilating I've seen on the internet over the last few days, a lot of people have the wrong idea about this bill and think it applies broadly to all companies and all people. It does not. It only applies to the specific countries above, with said list capable of being amended by the Secretary of Commerce through a 180 day review process.
Here's the issue, thanks to my decades of experience, my trust in ANY government introducing a bill that doesn't restrict the autonomy of it's citizens in any way is the same level of trust i have leaving a coyote next to my infant child....not high..
And given the track record of this current administration, I'd be more surprised there ISN'T a clause saying they can forcibly sodomize their citizens for 'diversity and inclusion'..
If you are just going to be against the US government all the time, that's a suicide pact since we Americans have real enemies in the form of enemy nations like China.
Every people's true enemy is their own government.
I don't trust the US government to act in the best interests of it's people and allies
I trust MORE giving all us citizens access and opportunity to obtain ALL hardware the military restricts to itself. I'd be more welcoming of a band of Florida men coming to my aid with reaper drones, A-10 Warthogs and tanks than relying on the US government to provide aid.