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HR 1716 Passed a chamber

Requires the Treasury Secretary to report on funds held by senior Chinese Communist Party officials and the financial institutions that serve them, and to bar U.S. financial institutions from significant transactions with those officials and their immediate family.

Official title: Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 27-FEB-2025
Referred 27-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 05-MAR-2025
Reported 27-MAR-2025
On the calendar 27-MAR-2025
Passed 21-JUL-2025
Senate
Received 22-JUL-2025
Key points
  • Requires Treasury to report, within 90 days after the President notifies Congress of a China-related threat to Taiwan and annually for 3 years after, on estimated funds held by at least 10 covered Chinese officials and the financial institutions holding those funds
  • Covers Politburo Standing Committee members, other Politburo members, and Central Committee members who perform official duties affecting Taiwan
  • Directs Treasury to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from significant transactions with covered officials and, where Treasury finds they benefit, their immediate family, with exceptions for intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activity
  • Allows presidential waivers and exemptions, and ends the financial services restriction 30 days after the President reports the threat is no longer present or 25 years after the final report
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (27-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 21-JUL-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor Lisa C. McClain (R-MI) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 D
1 Democrat