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To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit certain rolling stock procurements, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits the awarding of a contract to an entity for the procurement of rolling stock for use in public transportation if the manufacturer of the rolling stock is (1) incorporated or has manufacturing facilities in the United States; and (2) is owned or controlled by an entity based in a country that is identified as a nonmarket economy country, was identified by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) as a priority foreign country (e.g., a country that does not protect intellectual property rights), and is subject to monitoring by the USTR. This includes the People's Republic of China. Any recipient of financial assistance for public transportation that operates a rail fixed guideway service must certify that is will not award any contract for the procurement of rail rolling stock for use in public transportation to a manufacturer of rolling stock that is described by this bill. A recipient that operates a rail fixed guideway public transportation system must certify that it has a written plan for identifying and reducing cybersecurity risks.

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Harley Rouda (D)*,  Jodey Arrington (R),  Don Bacon (R),  Troy Balderson (R),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Bradley Byrne (R),  Liz Cheney (R),  Steve Cohen (D),  James Comer (R),  K. Michael Conaway (R),  Angie Craig (D),  Rick Crawford (R),  Dan Crenshaw (R),  Jason Crow (D),  Henry Cuellar (D),  Scott DesJarlais (R),  Mario Diaz-Balart (R),  Bill Flores (R),  Matt Gaetz (R),  Mike Gallagher (R),  John Garamendi (D),  Louie Gohmert (R),  Lance Gooden (R),  Kay Granger (R),  Vicky Hartzler (R),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Kendra Horn (D),  Will Hurd (R),  John Katko (R),  Dan Kildee (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Debbie Lesko (R),  David Loebsack (D),  Barry Loudermilk (R),  Sean Maloney (D),  Paul Mitchell (I),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Pete Olson (R),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Scott Perry (R),  John Ratcliffe (R),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Mike Rogers (R),  Max Rose (D),  David Rouzer (R),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Mikie Sherrill (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Van Taylor (R),  Randy Weber (R),  Bruce Westerman (R),  Roger Williams (R),  Ron Wright (R),  Lee Zeldin (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (on 05/16/2019)

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