The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week plans to mark up a newly unveiled bill that would sanction foreign persons engaged in piracy.

House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., and House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., introduced a bill July 2 that would require the Commerce Department to identify foreign adversary entities that use high-tech American intellectual property without a license.

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., introduced a bill last week that could strengthen sanctions against several sources of funding for Myanmar's military.

Two House members from Illinois urged the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. last week to review a Chinese firm’s recently announced acquisition of a grain terminal in Cahokia, Illinois.

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.

A bill introduced last week by Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and other Republicans would return China’s Institute of Forensic Science to the Commerce Department's Entity List. The agency removed the institute last year (see 2311160003).

Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., said June 26 that she is seeking Senate sponsorship of her House-passed bill that would codify sanctions against foreign persons who undermine the agreement that ended the Bosnian War.

The Biden administration is aggressively using export controls and sanctions against China, despite a lawmaker’s claims to the contrary, a State Department official told a congressional panel June 27.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced a package of three bills aimed at reducing U.S. investment in China. The legislation would “ensure that no American dollars will end up in the hands of a country actively working against America in an attempt to undermine our national security,” Scott said.