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H.R. 4530 119th Congress House

STOP Shells Act

Official title: To apply licensing requirements under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to subsidiaries of entities listed on the Entity List or Military End User List, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 17, 2025 Introduced by: Keith Self Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Jul 17, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 17, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
    for LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC. · North Carolina · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FDD ACTION
    for FDD ACTION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
    for LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC. · North Carolina · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • FDD ACTION
    for FDD ACTION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
    for LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC. · North Carolina · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • FDD ACTION
    for FDD ACTION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Sep 26, 2025
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Sep 4, 2025
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jul 17, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4530: STOP Shells Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4530/
MLA
"H.R. 4530: STOP Shells Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4530/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 4530, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4530/.
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[H.R. 4530: STOP Shells Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4530/)
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