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H.R. 934 119th Congress House

Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report about the effects on national security of the surveillance conducted by the People's Republic of China vi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report about the effects on national security of the surveillance conducted by the People's Republic of China via the high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down in the airspace of the United States in February 2023, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2025 Introduced by: Russell Fry Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 4, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to consult with the President and report on the effects on national security of surveillance conducted by China via the high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down in the United States in February 2023. The report must be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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LaMalfa, Doug
California · Feb 25, 2025
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Feb 13, 2025
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Donalds, Byron
Florida · Feb 12, 2025
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Biggs, Sheri
South Carolina · Feb 10, 2025
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Feb 4, 2025
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Hageman, Harriet M.
Wyoming · Feb 4, 2025
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Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Feb 4, 2025
 R
Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Feb 4, 2025
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Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Feb 4, 2025
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Feb 4, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 934: Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-934/
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"H.R. 934: Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-934/.
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H.R. 934, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-934/.
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