STOP China and Russia Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 30, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 1, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Aug 1, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2025Markup Oct 22, 2025Reported Oct 30, 2025 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2025Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Oct 30, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241.
- Oct 22, 2025Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Aug 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Aug 1, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8887 | Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Rand Paul R-KY | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7672 | Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Jeff Merkley D-OR | Oct 21, 2025 |
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
- Oct 31, 2025S. 2657, Severing Technology Transfer Operations and Partnerships between China and Russia Act of 2025As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 30, 2025
Printed hearings 1
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. 119-10 | EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT88 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Feb 26, 2025 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to impose sanctions relating to the support of the People's Republic of China for the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STOP China and Russia Act of 2025
- Severing Technology Transfer Operations and Partnerships between China and Russia Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- STOP China and Russia Act of 2025
- Severing Technology Transfer Operations and Partnerships between China and Russia Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Asia
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Immigration status and procedures
- International Affairs
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Trade restrictions
- Visas and passports
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2025Reported to Senate
- Aug 1, 2025Introduced 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.
