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.
This is from your link btw:
This does not apply to 'foreign adversaries' but to the real opponent of the US government, its people.
It also provides for 'civil forfeiture' of people's money.
Furthermore, it gives absolute authority to the executive to make unaccountable decisions.
No wonder this brought Democrats and Republics together, just like the Patriot Act, just like the War in Iraq, just like every other bad thing.
False.
We all know you oppose this bill because it includes your beloved Russia as one of its targets.
The only people who could be prosecuted under this Act would be persons who acted as foreign agents by willfully trying to help an enemy power violate US law.
I see no problem whatsoever with that. Enemy spies ought to be punished.
We all? I'll challenge you to find one other person who believes that. Not even the people here who hate me will lower themselves to that level. I think you meant: "me, the crazy person here".
Yeah right. It even includes that 'election interference' that the regime has been pushing for years.
No person may cause or aid, abet, counsel, command, induce, procure, permit, or approve the doing of any act prohibited by, or the omission of any act required by any regulation, order, direction, mitigation measure, prohibition, or other authorization or directive issued under, this Act.
What a shock that you support ever power grab by the US government.
Only an agent of the Russian government trying to pretend to be otherwise - real or self-appointed - would take such aggressive offense to being called out on his obvious advocacy for the russian government.
It only applies to companies which are owned by enemy foreign governments, so yes, if a company owned by an enemy foreign government, like Russian propaganda source RT, is banned from operating in the US, the only way to get in trouble under this law is to act as an enemy agent by trying to help RT circumvent the ban. 100% deserved to go to prison for acting as an enemy spy.
It's not a power grab. You're just mad Russia got targeted. If this was a China-only bill you'd probably have supported it.
Great, now where is that substantiation for "we all"? You can't even produce one person, and you don't even realize that you're making an absolute laughing stock out of yourself.
So... by for example, providing archiving services. Fascinating how you support bans on media, and then support a 20 year jail sentence for anyone who helps evade media bans.
Think of a second argument beyond RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA. BTW, Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald have the correct position on this as well.
Holy literal fucking Kafkatrap batman.
You do remember how posting memes got members of congress to call you a "Russian bot" right?
Posting memes could never get you in trouble under this law.
The only thing that could, is acting to help a foreign enemy company circumvent a ban.