; (B) the Republic of Cuba; (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (D) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (E) the Russian Federation; and (F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela during any period of time during which Nicholás Maduro is President of the Republic. . (b) Patent bar for persons who pose a threat to national security (1) In general Chapter 10 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 106. Patent bar for persons who pose a threat to national security. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) a person shall not receive a United States patent for an invention if that person (or any subsidiary, affiliate, successor, assign, legal representative, or privy of such person)— (A) is identified, pursuant to section 744.16 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as a person reasonably believed to be involved, or to pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States; (B) is an entity on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS–CMIC List) maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury under Executive Order 14032 (86 Fed. Reg. 30145; relating to addressing the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People’s Republic of China), or any successor order; (C) is identified as a Chinese military company in the most recent annual report submitted pursuant to section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 113 note); or (D) produces or provides communications equipment or service on the list published by the Federal Communications Commission under section 2(a) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1601(a) )