A bipartisan group of seven House members led by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., introduced a bill Feb. 9 that would direct the executive branch to sanction and apply Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations to successors of the Wagner Group, a Russian military company that was reorganized after its leader died in 2023.
The House approved by voice vote late Feb. 9 a bill designed to strengthen sanctions against several sources of funding for Myanmar’s military.
A bipartisan group of eight lawmakers led by the leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged the Trump administration Feb. 9 to work with U.S. allies to tighten controls on sales of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) to China, saying further steps are needed to preserve the U.S. technological edge in chips.
The U.S. this week filed what it said was the first-ever federal complaint to enforce a presidential directive ordering the reversal of a company’s purchase of a U.S. business.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., urged the Trump administration late Feb. 6 to reimpose sanctions on former Serb Republic President Milorad Dodik, saying he continues to promote secession from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., who chaired the committee’s Foreign Arms Sales Task Force, jointly praised President Donald Trump’s new arms transfer strategy Feb. 9, saying it will streamline the defense export process.
The leaders of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China jointly urged lawmakers Feb. 9 to swiftly advance Hong Kong sanctions legislation after the Chinese territory sentenced pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, a penalty they said is intended to stifle peaceful dissent.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is looking at ways to prevent U.S. technology from ending up in the hands of Chinese military end-users, Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said Feb. 3.
A bicameral group of 26 Democrats is asking the European Union not to make an exception for American natural gas as it begins to implement its methane regulation.
Reps. Blake Moore, R-Utah, and Marc Veasey, D-Texas, introduced a bill Feb. 5 that would prohibit foreign investment in college sports name, image and likeness (NIL) agreements.