Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sept. 10 that he’s working to increase support for his bill to require the executive branch to designate the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee unveiled legislation Sept. 10 that would consolidate the State Department’s sanctions activities into a new Sanctions Policy Bureau.
The House Appropriations Committee voted 34-28 Sept. 10 to approve a FY 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that would provide $303 million for the Bureau of Industry and Security, up 59% from the FY 2025 enacted level. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science approved the bill in July (see 2507150089).
Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., introduced a bill Sept. 9 that would authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review and block foreign purchases of American real estate located near critical infrastructure, including drinking water facilities.
The House of Representatives passed legislation Sept. 9 that could lead to greater scrutiny of dual-use exports to China.
Two Republican senators took to the Senate floor this week to reiterate their support for increasing sanctions on Russia to pressure it to end its war against Ukraine.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, which issued an interim final rule in March to revise its implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), is reviewing public comments on it to help write a final rule, Director Andrea Gacki said Sept. 9.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., proposed an amendment Sept. 4 that would add several export control and sanctions provisions to the pending FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, including a requirement that U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips make their products available to American firms before selling them to China and other “countries of concern.”
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said late Sept. 3 that while he welcomes the recent decision by France, Germany and the U.K. to initiate snapback U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear weapons program (see 2508280033), he believes the U.S. will need to work with the trio to ensure adherence to the sanctions.
The House Appropriations Committee approved an FY 2026 financial services and general government appropriations bill Sept. 3 that would provide $21 million for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the same amount as both the Trump administration’s request and the FY 2025 enacted level.