FIGHT China Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to protect the national security of the United States by imposing sanctions with respect to certain persons of the People's Republic of China and prohib… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to protect the national security of the United States by imposing sanctions with respect to certain persons of the People's Republic of China and prohibiting and requiring notifications with respect to certain investments by United States persons in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
| Date | Chamber | What was voted on | Result | Yes–No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2003 | Senate · vote #377 | On Passage of the Bill S. 1053 | Passed | 95–0 | See who voted → |
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1746-1747)
Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart China Act of 2025 or FIGHT China Act of 2025
This bill authorizes sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are involved with China's defense or surveillance technology sectors. The bill also requires U.S. persons to notify the Department of the Treasury about their investments with certain foreign persons in various technologies, and (2) authorizes Treasury to prohibit U.S. persons from making investments with such foreign persons in some of these technologies.
Specifically, the President is authorized to impose property-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons (including members of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, Chinese businesses, Chinese governmental entities, and businesses with equity securities primarily traded on Chinese stock exchanges) that Treasury determines to be knowingly engaged in significant operations in China's defense, defense-related material, or surveillance technology sectors.
Additionally, the bill authorizes Treasury to bar U.S. persons from knowingly engaging in certain transactions (such as acquiring an equity interest, providing a loan, or entering into a joint venture) with most of these categories of foreign persons if they involve a prohibited technology. Prohibited technologies include those that
- develop a quantum computer;
- develop, design, or produce materials, components, or systems for hypersonic systems; or
- develop, design, or produce artificial intelligence models for use by the Chinese government.
Treasury must require U.S. persons to notify Treasury if they engage in such transactions involving a range of technologies, including the prohibited technologies.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC.
- CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC.
- AMERICAN SECURITIES ASSOCIATION
- PFIZER INC.
- CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC.
- AMERICAN SECURITIES ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Treasury, Dept of
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- White House Office
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1053: FIGHT China Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1053/
"S. 1053: FIGHT China Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1053/.
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