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To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 to require inclusion of certain foreign persons in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List.
Summary
This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to add certain foreign persons to the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List within one year after the President submits a report identifying qualifying persons. The bill requires that the Secretary add any foreign person indicated in the report as qualifying for the list, provided they have not already been added. If any foreign persons are added, the Secretary must publish the newly revised list in the Federal Register.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- May 20, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. · senate
- May 20, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 20, 2026
Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 to require inclusion of certain foreign persons in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List.
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 “Chinese Communist Party Sanctions Shot Clock Act” or the “CCP Sanctions Shot Clock Act”.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF INCLUSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN PERSONS IN NON-SDN CHINESE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX COMPANIES LIST.
Section 8531 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
“(b) Update and Publication of List.—Not later than one year after the President submits a report under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall—
“(1) add to the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List any foreign person that—
“(A) is indicated in that report as qualifying for inclusion in that list; and
“(B) has not already been added to that list; and
“(2) if any foreign person is added under paragraph (1), publish in the Federal Register a newly revised Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List.”. <all>
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