1. Conditional access for the Chinese Government to United States capital markets and exchanges (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Applicable laws The term applicable laws means— (A) the public international doctrine of state succession, as it relates to international norms and rules of finance, trade, and commerce, including the successor government doctrine with respect to sovereign debt; (B) United States and foreign laws and regulations governing transparency and disclosures applicable to major capital markets, commodities markets, and exchanges; and (C) international laws prohibiting the practice of exclusionary settlement, discriminatory payments, and selective default. (2) Applicable united states entity The term applicable United States entity means— (A) a national securities exchange that is registered in accordance with section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78f ); (B) a broker or a dealer (as defined in the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq. ) or in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq. )); (C) an alternative trading system (as defined in section 242.300 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations); (D) an investment company (as defined in section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–3(a)(1) ); (E) a commodity pool operator, a futures commission merchant, an introducing broker, a swap dealer, or a swap execution facility (as such terms are defined in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1a )) or a contract market designated pursuant to section 5 of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 7 ); (F) a national bank, a State bank, or a savings association (as such terms are defined in section 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813 )); (G) a credit union, whether chartered under the Federal Credit Union Act or under State law; (H) a real estate broker registered as such under State law; (I) a Federal, State, or local government agency