HR 6879 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

RESTRICT Act

Introduced Dec 18, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Gregory W. Meeks D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 18, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2025 to Apr 29, 2026; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-RIGabe AmoOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-CAJim CostaOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-MDJohnny Olszewski, Jr.OriginalDec 18, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalDec 18, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernJan 7, 2026
D-TXJulie JohnsonJan 7, 2026
D-RISeth MagazinerApr 29, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Dec 18, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 18, 2025Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 214, December 18, 2025, page H6117.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit sales of the most advanced artificial intelligence chips to countries of concern and facilitate the safe and efficient transfer of chips to approved United States persons abroad.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
RESTRICT Act
Restoring Export and Security Trade Restrictions for Integrated Circuit Technologies Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2025Introduced in House

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