Tracking and Restricting Adversarial Circumvention of Embargoes Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires intelligence and Treasury reporting on oil and ballistic-missile-related transactions between China and Iran and requires a Treasury determination on whether China is engaging in sanctionable activities.
Who Benefits and How
Congress and sanctions policymakers could gain more information about Chinese purchases of Iranian oil and related financial activity tied to Iran's ballistic missile program.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Director of National Intelligence and the Treasury Department would need to produce the required analysis and determination on a fixed timetable.
Key Provisions
- Requires an intelligence report on Chinese purchases of Iranian oil and related shell-company or transshipment activity.
- Requires analysis of transactions tied to materials that may support Iran's ballistic missile program.
- Requires Treasury to determine whether China is engaging in sanctionable activities and report that determination to Congress.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill requires intelligence and Treasury reporting on oil and ballistic-missile-related transactions between China and Iran and requires a Treasury determination on whether China is engaging in sanctionable activities.
Key Policy Areas
National Security, Foreign Affairs, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill requires intelligence and Treasury reporting on oil and ballistic-missile-related transactions between China and Iran and requires a Treasury determination on whether China is engaging in sanctionable activities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Congress and sanctions policymakers seeking clearer intelligence and Treasury findings on China-Iran transactions
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Intelligence and Treasury officials responsible for producing the required analysis and determinations
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Graham) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Intelligence officials responsible for analyzing China-Iran oil and ballistic-missile-related transactions, Treasury officials required to make and report the sanctionability determination
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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