RESTRICT Act
Latest action · Mar 7, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act or the RESTRICT Act
This bill requires federal actions to identify and mitigate foreign threats to information and communications technology (ICT) products and services (e.g., social media applications). It also establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations under the bill.
Specifically, the Department of Commerce must identify, deter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit, investigate, and mitigate transactions involving ICT products and services (1) in which any foreign adversary (such as China) has any interest, and (2) that pose an undue or unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the safety of U.S. persons.
Additionally, Commerce must identify and refer to the President any covered holding (e.g., stock or security) that poses an undue or unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons. If the President determines that the holding poses such a risk, the President may compel divestment of or otherwise mitigate the risk associated with the holding.
Commerce may (1) designate any foreign government or regime as a foreign adversary upon a determination that the foreign government or regime is engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons, and (2) remove such a designation. Commerce must notify Congress before making or removing a designation; these actions are subject to congressional disapproval.
The bill outlines (1) enforcement mechanisms, including actions by the Department of Justice; and (2) civil and criminal penalties for violations.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2023 to Jan 8, 2024; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 7, 2023 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Mar 8, 2023 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Mar 14, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Mar 14, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Mar 15, 2023 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Mar 15, 2023 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Mar 21, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Mar 21, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jan 8, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 7, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1166 | Warren Davidson R-OH | Mar 13, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1223, S1224 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN, John Thune R-SD | Apr 19, 2023 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S885 | John Thune R-SD | Mar 22, 2023 |
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-694 | NOMINATIONS TO THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION102 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Feb 28, 2024 |
| — | CORPORATE COMPLICITY: SUBSIDIZING THE PRC'S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS127 pages | Congressional-Executive Commission on China | Jul 11, 2023 |
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12222 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments | Insight | Sep 25, 2024 |
| LSB10942 | Restricting TikTok (Part II): Legislative Proposals and Considerations for Congress | Insight | Mar 15, 2024 |
| LSB10972 | Montana’s TikTok Ban, an Injunction, and Pending Legal Actions | Insight | Dec 8, 2023 |
| R46543 | TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues Archived | Report | Jun 30, 2023 |
| IN12131 | TikTok: Recent Data Privacy and National Security Concerns Archived | Insight | Mar 29, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to review and prohibit certain transactions between persons in the United States and foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- RESTRICT Act
- Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Asia
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Crime prevention
- Cuba
- Department of Commerce
- Europe
- Federal appellate courts
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government information and archives
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Iran
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Latin America
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Licensing and registrations
- Middle East
- North Korea
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Russia
- Securities
- Subversive activities
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Venezuela
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
