Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates loosens a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2 and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3. It relies on appropriations, grants, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Defense.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Creates loosens a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2.
- Requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates loosens a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2 and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3.
Key Policy Areas
Defense
Primary Purpose
The bill creates loosens a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2 and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, definition change provision: 3.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Jim Banks
R-IN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a research project that is— operated by an institution of higher education or a subsidiary of an institution of higher education
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