S4461-119

In Committee

Visual Protection of Strategic Assets Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Visual Protection of Strategic Assets Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Immigration, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id1ea7b2af37304c2a972b5af4cf609503: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Visual Protection of Strategic Assets Act.
  • Section id1288fe10c0914c12a98fbac9507ea05f: 2. Improvements to the prohibition on espionage Section 793 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (i)(1)In this...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Visual Protection of Strategic Assets Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Policy, Immigration, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, Visual Protection of Strategic Assets Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Policy Domains

Foreign Policy Immigration Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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?

Domains
Foreign Policy Immigration Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"high-value asset" §id1288fe10c0914c12a98fbac9507ea05f

an asset included on the list maintained under paragraph (3)

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