(A)

in subparagraph (B), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;

(B)

in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(D)

to the maximum extent practicable, by preventing the investments of the Thrift Savings Fund (or portions thereof), and the exercise of voting rights associated with any such investments, from harming the national security of the United States.; and

(1)

by inserting (1) after (f); and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(2)

(A)

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe regulations to carry out subsection (b)(1)(D) with respect to each of the following:

(i)

The investments of the Thrift Savings Fund, which shall include the establishment of standards by which compliance with subsection (b)(1)(D) with respect to the investments of the Thrift Savings Fund (or portions thereof) shall be determined.

(ii)

The exercise of voting rights associated with the investments of the Thrift Savings Fund (or portions thereof).

(B)

The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall include—

(i)

the establishment of a process by which the exercise of voting rights described in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be reviewed by the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, for compliance with subsection (b)(1)(D) with respect to the exercise of those rights; and

(ii)

the establishment of standards by which compliance with subsection (b)(1)(D) with respect to the exercise of voting rights described in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be determined, including the factors contributing to a determination that a covered vote would not comply with subsection (b)(1)(D).

(C)

For the purposes of any regulation prescribed under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Labor shall presume that—

(i)

an investment of the Thrift Savings Fund (or portions thereof) does not comply with subsection (b)(1)(D) if the investment invests in—

(I)

an entity included on—

(aa)

the list of Communist Chinese military companies maintained under section 1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); or

(bb)

the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; or

(II)

a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of, or an entity controlled by, an entity described in subclause (I); and

(ii)

an exercise of voting rights associated with any investments of the Thrift Savings Fund (or portions thereof) does not comply with subsection (b)(1)(D) if that exercise of voting rights is a covered vote with respect to a proposal that would—

(I)

approve or ratify a transaction, including a transaction described in subparagraph (D)(ii)(I), that would cause, or would reasonably be expected to cause, an entity to which the covered vote applies to—

(aa)

breach any contract with the Federal Government to which the entity is a party, and under which the consideration provided to the entity over the course of the entire contract is more than $10,000,000, if the entity has otherwise complied with all applicable laws and regulations in fulfilling the responsibilities of the entity with respect to the contract;

(bb)

significantly reduce the production of, or the capital expenditure or research and development expenditure with respect to, any—

(AA)

industrial resources, critical technology items, or materials that are essential to the national defense (as those terms are defined in section 702 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552)); or

(BB)

emerging and foundational technology identified by the President under section 1758 of the Export Controls Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4817); or

(cc)

outsource or substantially sell, whether to any affiliated entity or joint venture, or by contract, to any entity located in a covered country, any—

(AA)

industrial resources, critical technology items, or materials that are essential to the national defense (as those terms are defined in section 702 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552)); or

(BB)

emerging and foundational technology identified by the President under section 1758 of the Export Controls Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4817); or

(II)

elect to the board of directors of any entity an individual who—

(aa)

is a director, officer, employee, or affiliate of any entity described in clause (i)(I);

(bb)

at any time during the 5-year period preceding the date on which that election occurs, was as described in item (aa); or

(cc)

a reasonable investor would believe supports any proposal described in subclause (I).

(D)

In this paragraph—

(i)

the term covered country means—

(I)

the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Venezuela, or Cuba;

(II)

any country, the government of which the Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism pursuant to—

(aa)

section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A));

(bb)

section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);

(cc)

section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or

(dd)

any other provision of law; or

(III)

any other country that the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, designates as posing an undue or unnecessary risk to the national security of the United States; and

(ii)

the term covered vote means a vote in favor of (or an abstention with respect to) a proposal to—

(I)

approve or ratify a transaction involving an entity, including—

(aa)

any sale of, or other disposition of (whether in a single or a series of transactions) assets or capital stock; and

(bb)

any merger, consolidation, joint venture, partnership, spin-off, reverse spin-off, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation, or any other business combination or strategic transaction; or

(II)

elect an individual to the board of directors of the entity that is the subject of the proposal.

(1)

in subsection (f)—

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(i)

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report regarding—

(1)

for the year covered by the report, the investments of the Thrift Savings Fund (or portions thereof), and the exercise of voting rights associated with any such investments, that have been reviewed for compliance with section 8477(b)(1)(D); and

(2)

the outcome with respect to enforcement of each review conducted under paragraph (1) and a justification for that outcome.