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HR 1716 · in committee · significant

Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Requires the Treasury Department to report on financial assets held by Chinese Communist Party officials if the President determines China poses a threat to U.S. interests.
  • Allows the President to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from conducting significant transactions with specified Chinese officials and their families.
  • Takes effect upon presidential determination of a China-related threat; includes exemptions for intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activities.

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    How should the bill balance targeting specific Chinese officials' financial assets while avoiding harm to U.S. businesses and investors with legitimate Chinese connections?

  2. 02

    What evidence or criteria should trigger a presidential determination that China poses a threat sufficient to activate these financial restrictions?

  3. 03

    How might these asset freezes affect U.S.-China diplomatic negotiations or economic relationships compared to other foreign policy tools?

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Lisa C. McClain

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-07-22 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3514-3515)

  4. 2025-07-21 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3514-3515)

  5. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1716.

  6. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3514-3517)

  7. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-03-27 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 35.

  9. 2025-03-27 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.

  10. 2025-03-27 · Committee

    Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.

  11. 2025-03-27 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-48, Part I.

  12. 2025-03-27 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-48, Part I.

  13. 2025-03-05 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.

  14. 2025-03-05 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  16. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  17. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  18. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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