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S 586 118th Congress Senate International Affairs

No PLA LOOPHOLES Act

Introduced: March 1, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 1, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No People's Liberation Army in Logistical Operations and Other Pertinent Humanitarian Operations Leading to Endangered Security Act or the No PLA LOOPHOLES Act

This bill increases restrictions on military-to-military exchanges or contacts between the U.S. Armed Forces and the Chinese military. Specifically, the bill expands an existing prohibition on exchanges or contacts that include inappropriate exposure to advanced logistical operations to cover logistical operations instead.

Additionally, the bill eliminates an exception to the prohibited exchanges or contacts in the case of search and rescue or humanitarian operations or exercises.

What's happening now March 1, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Mar 1, 2023
 R
Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Mar 1, 2023
 R
Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Mar 1, 2023
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 1, 2023
 R
Scott, Rick
Florida · Mar 1, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 586: No PLA LOOPHOLES Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-586/
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"S. 586: No PLA LOOPHOLES Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-586/.
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S. 586, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-586/.
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