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S4581Referred to Committee

CCP Sanctions Shot Clock Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-05-20
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Rick Scott
Rick Scott
Republican · FL · Senator
Votes with party: 33.2% (322 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001217

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

2026-05-20

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsReferred To · 2026-05-20

Plain-English Summary

The bill would expand a government list that identifies Chinese companies with military connections, requiring certain foreign individuals and entities associated with these companies to be included on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List. This list is used to restrict U.S. investment and business dealings with these organizations as a national security measure. The change would affect American investors, companies doing business with China, and financial institutions that need to comply with these restrictions.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Subjects

International Affairs

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4581 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4581 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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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