The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week plans to mark up a bill that is intended to help the Bureau of Industry and Security control exports of artificial intelligence systems and other new national security-related technologies (see 2405100063).
The farm bill that the House Agriculture Committee plans to mark up May 23 contains several foreign investment-related provisions, including a requirement that the Agriculture Department enter into a formal agreement with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to ensure the two agencies share information on foreign transactions in a timely manner.
Three Senate committee chairs urged the Biden administration last week to continue enforcing a new executive order that allows the U.S. to sanction "foreign persons" responsible for increased violence in the West Bank (see 2402010053).
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on May 16 approved several bills that could impose sanctions on China, Russia and the Houthis and tighten export controls on China.
Congressional Republicans are asking the Biden administration to provide more information about its recent withholding of certain offensive weapons to Israel, a decision the lawmakers oppose.
The price cap on Russian oil has so far failed to stop Moscow from earning revenue for its war against Ukraine, witnesses told the U.K. Parliament this week. While one witness said the U.K. should consider placing new restrictions on certain energy purchases from companies that are still buying Russian oil, another said that may be too complicated for businesses to comply with.
A bipartisan group of 11 senators issued a joint statement May 14 criticizing the Georgian parliament’s passage of a "Russian-style foreign agents bill" and reiterating their warning that Congress may respond with sanctions and other measures.
The Bureau of Industry and Security should add several Chinese firms to its Entity List for helping China’s military and human rights violations, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said May 13.
Four Republican leaders of the House Appropriations Committee unveiled a bill May 11 that would require the Biden administration to stop holding up shipments of approved offensive weapons to Israel.
Leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said May 13 they might pursue financial sanctions and other measures against Georgia if the country’s government doesn't withdraw a “foreign agents” bill that would crack down on civil society organizations and independent media outlets.