Reps. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., have been appointed to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China for the 119th Congress. The announcement follows several other recent rounds of appointments to the human rights and rule of law panel (see 2507110035, 2507100012 and 2505230057).

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., reintroduced a bill July 15 that would require the executive branch to designate the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, introduced a bill July 17 that would require the Bureau of Industry and Security to increase the number of export control officers stationed in foreign countries to at least 20, up from 11 today.

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved an FY 2026 Intelligence Authorization Act July 15 that would provide additional reviews of foreign purchases of land near U.S. intelligence community facilities, according to a summary of the legislation.

A bipartisan group of four House members reintroduced a bill July 15 that would ease defense export restrictions on Cyprus.

The State Department has designated Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Michael Rigas to be its “point person” for speeding up the government’s review of defense exports, Rigas told the House Foreign Affairs Committee July 15.

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.