Congress should ask the Trump administration several key questions as part of its oversight of the Treasury Department’s new program restricting outbound investment, two investment security experts told the House Financial Services national security subcommittee July 16.
The House Armed Services Committee approved legislation July 15 that would expand the Defense Department’s 1260H list of Chinese military companies to include state-owned enterprises operating outside of China.
A House Appropriations subcommittee July 15 approved an 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 (see 2507140024). The legislation now heads to the full Appropriations Committee for its consideration.
The Trump administration should “maintain and strengthen” the Australia-U.K.-U.S. security partnership as part of a broader effort to compete with China, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in a report released July 14.
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled an FY 2026 transportation appropriations bill July 13 that would fully fund the Trump administration’s budget request of $40 million for the Federal Maritime Commission.
Reps. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Dale Strong, R-Ala., have been appointed to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China for the 119th Congress. The panel monitors human rights and the rule of law in China.
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China urged the State Department to consider sanctioning Hong Kong Police Commissioner Joe Chow Yat-ming for his role in the Chinese territory's crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants the Defense Department to create a “data czar” to collect, track and disseminate information about its Foreign Military Sales program, according to a newly released summary of the panel’s FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., have been appointed to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China for the 119th Congress, with Sullivan designated the chairman. Last year, the commission called for imposing export controls and foreign investment restrictions to prevent China from using biotechnology to commit human rights abuses (see 2412270037).
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced July 10 that he has reintroduced a bill that would bar Chinese corporations and individuals associated with the Chinese Communist Party from owning American agricultural land and homes.