Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced a bill April 8 that would establish that Chinese companies sanctioned under one U.S. authority be automatically sanctioned under all other authorities.
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., introduced a bill April 14 that would increase sanctions and export controls on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Three senators introduced a bill April 9 that would authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review greenfield and brownfield investments in the U.S. by China and other “foreign countries of concern.”
House lawmakers reintroduced bills April 9 that would restrict oil exports to China and expedite liquefied natural gas exports to allies.
Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced a bill April 10 aimed at preventing the smuggling of U.S. artificial intelligence chips into China.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., reintroduced a bill April 9 that would authorize the president to sanction foreign persons and vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The Protecting Global Fisheries Act was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kaine previously introduced the legislation near the end of the last Congress (see 2412200016).
Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and two other senators introduced a bill April 10 that would bar companies owned or controlled by China or other “foreign adversaries” from owning or operating retail stores on U.S. military bases.
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has created a task force to identify steps Congress should take to counter Western Hemisphere cartels involved in drug, human and arms trafficking, the committee announced April 11. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, will chair the task force. Crenshaw introduced a resolution last month to create a House select committee focused on Mexican drug cartels (see 2503310014).
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., tried unsuccessfully April 9 to persuade the Senate to take up and pass a bill that would give China’s ByteDance about six more months to comply with a law requiring the company to divest TikTok.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced April 9 that they are introducing a bill designed to strengthen sanctions enforcement against Russia’s “ghost fleet” of oil-carrying ships.