Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has been appointed to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the panel announced July 22. Fine, who became a House member in April, introduced a bill in early July that would require a review of whether individuals or entities included on certain sanctions list should be included on other sanctions lists (see 2507070022). In late June, he introduced a bill to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The House approved by voice vote late July 21 a bill aimed at improving the investigative capabilities of the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticized the Trump administration July 21 for removing restrictions on the sale of Nvidia’s advanced H20 computing chips to China, saying the move will help Beijing catch up to and even surpass the U.S. on AI.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., reintroduced a bill July 16 that would bar China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying land within 10 miles of sensitive U.S. sites, including military bases and federally funded research labs. The Safeguarding Invaluable Land Act, or SOIL Act, has five co-sponsors and was referred to the House Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce committees. When he introduced it in 2023, it was called the Saving Our Invaluable Land (SOIL) Act.
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled an FY 2026 financial services and general government appropriations bill July 20 that would provide $21 million for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the same amount as both the Trump administration’s request and the FY 2025 enacted level.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., introduced a bill July 14 aimed at improving the tracking of foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.
Four Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s arms sales task force introduced a bill July 17 that would create a State Department program to determine whether U.S. defense exports are used to commit war crimes or harm civilians.
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., introduced a bill July 16 that would update the conditions for lifting sanctions in the Caeser Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019.
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., announced July 17 that he has filed a discharge petition to force House floor consideration of his bill to increase sanctions and export controls on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., asked the Commerce Department July 18 to explain how it plans to implement the Trump administration’s recent decision to allow U.S. semiconductor firm Nvidia to sell its previously restricted advanced H20 chips to China (see 2507150013).