The House Appropriations Committee has included several export control provisions in a new report accompanying its version of the FY 2025 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said July 11 he has told Indian leaders to stop buying new Russian military equipment or risk losing his support for U.S. arms exports to the South Asian country.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved several export control and sanction bills July 10, including a resolution that would block the Bureau of Industry and Security’s new interim final rule restricting firearms exports (see 2406100048).
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., urged the Commerce Department July 8 to increase its efforts to stem the flow of advanced computing chips to China.
The Treasury Department’s new proposed rule restricting U.S. outbound investment is "narrowly targeted" and aims to address technology that could enhance China’s military, intelligence or cyber capabilities, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a congressional panel July 9.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week plans to mark up a newly unveiled bill that would sanction foreign persons engaged in piracy.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said July 8 that he hopes to have a "significant package of China-related legislation" signed into law this year, including measures to "punish" Chinese military firms that provide material support to Russia and Iran.
A federal judge has ordered the Biden administration to end its temporary pause in approving liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications.
The chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere told a State Department official last week that she’s concerned the Biden administration plans to remove Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.
The House last week approved an amendment to the FY 2025 State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill that would direct $1 million to implementing the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, a new law for sanctioning Iranian oil.