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National Defense Supply Chain Integrity Act of 2025
To amend section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify that the identification of Chinese military companies is not covered by the Administrative Procedure Act.
Summary
The bill amends the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify that the Secretary of Defense's determinations regarding the identification of Chinese military companies are military or foreign affairs functions. The bill specifies that these determinations shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act. This means the Secretary of Defense can make such identifications without following formal notice-and-comment procedures or being subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Nov 7, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2025
Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify that the identification of Chinese military companies is not covered by the Administrative Procedure Act.
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 “National Defense Supply Chain Integrity Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF IDENTIFICATION OF CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES FOR PURPOSES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection (g):
“(g) Administrative Procedure.—A determination made by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) shall be considered a military or foreign affairs function for purposes of section 554 of title 5, United States Code, and shall not be subject to sections 551, 553 through 559, and 701 through 706 of that title (commonly referred to as the ‘Administrative Procedure Act’).”. <all>
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