15 U.S.C. § 7214a
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- (a)In this section—
- (1)the term “audit report” has the meaning given the term in section 7201(a) of this title;
- (2)the term “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission;
- (3)the term “covered form”—
- (A)means—
- (B)includes a form that—
- (i)is the equivalent of, or substantially similar to, the form described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); and
- (ii)a foreign issuer files with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) or rules issued under that Act;
- (4)the terms “covered issuer” and “non-inspection year” have the meanings given the terms in subsection (i)(1) of section 7214 of this title, as added by section 2 of this Act; and
- (5)the term “foreign issuer” has the meaning given the term in section 240.3b–4 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
- (b)Each covered issuer that is a foreign issuer and for which, during a non-inspection year with respect to the covered issuer, a registered public accounting firm described in subsection (i)(2)(A) of section 7214 of this title, as added by section 2 of this Act, has prepared an audit report shall disclose in each covered form filed by that issuer that covers such a non-inspection year—
- (1)that, during the period covered by the covered form, such a registered public accounting firm has prepared an audit report for the issuer;
- (2)the percentage of the shares of the issuer owned by governmental entities in the foreign jurisdiction in which the issuer is incorporated or otherwise organized;
- (3)whether governmental entities in the applicable foreign jurisdiction with respect to that registered public accounting firm have a controlling financial interest with respect to the issuer;
- (4)the name of each official of the Chinese Communist Party who is a member of the board of directors of—
- (5)whether the articles of incorporation of the issuer (or equivalent organizing document) contains any charter of the Chinese Communist Party, including the text of any such charter.