Preventing Adversaries from Developing Critical Capabilities Act
Latest action · Nov 29, 2023 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 9, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Adversaries from Developing Critical Capabilities Act
This bill requires the President to (1) identify categories of technologies and products in certain advanced technology sectors that may pose a particularly acute threat to national security if developed or acquired by North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran; and (2) prohibit U.S. persons from engaging in transactions related to identified categories with those countries.
The Department of State should conduct bilateral and multilateral engagement with partners and allies to coordinate protocols and procedures to facilitate the prevention of such transactions.
Additionally, the President is authorized to exercise all emergency economic powers to implement this bill, including imposing sanctions on foreign persons.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2023 to Mar 7, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Nov 9, 2023 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Nov 15, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Dec 5, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jan 16, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jan 16, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| R-MI | John James | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Mar 7, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2023Markup Nov 29, 2023 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 29, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Nov 9, 2023Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 21, 2024H.R. 6349, Preventing Adversaries from Developing Critical Capabilities ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 29, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 186, November 9, 2023, page H5671.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-71 | BETTER INVESTMENT BARRIERS: STRENGTHENING CCP SANCTIONS AND EXPLORING ALTERNATIVES TO BUREAUCRATIC REGIMES68 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jan 30, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-76 | EXAMINING THE FLOW OF U.S. MONEY INTO CHINA'S MILITARY MIGHT72 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jan 17, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-64 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES201 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 29, 2023 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12629 | Regulation of U.S. Outbound Investment to China | Resource | Oct 1, 2026 |
| IF10636 | Foreign Direct Investment: Background and Issues | Resource | Feb 19, 2025 |
| IF11803 | U.S. Capital Markets and China: Issues for Congress | Resource | Dec 19, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7476 | Countering Communist China Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit or require notification with respect to certain activities of United States persons involving countries of concern, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Adversaries from Developing Critical Capabilities Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Executive Office of the President
- Financial services and investments
- Foreign and international banking
- Homeland security
- International Affairs
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Securities
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
