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Safeguarding US Rulemaking Act
To prohibit public comments from governments and individuals designated as foreign adversaries.
Summary
This bill amends the Administrative Procedure Act to prohibit foreign governments designated as foreign adversaries by the Secretary of Commerce from participating in federal agency rulemaking or petitioning agencies. The prohibition also applies to nationals of or entities incorporated in designated foreign adversary governments. Foreign adversaries are determined under existing Commerce Department regulations. The bill modifies the rules agencies must follow when accepting public comments during the rulemaking process to exclude these foreign entities and governments.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
3 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Dec 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Dec 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Palmer, Ms. Stefanik, and Mr. Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit public comments from governments and individuals designated as foreign adversaries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding US Rulemaking Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO U.S. CITIZENS AND ENTITIES.
Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking “After notice” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (f), after notice”;
(2) in subsection (e), by striking “Each agency” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (f), each agency”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(f) A foreign government that is determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be a foreign adversary under section 791.4(a) of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or a national of or entity incorporated in such foreign government shall be ineligible to participate in rule making or petition an agency under this section.”. <all>
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