ADVERSARIES Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6331 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6331

 To modify certain definitions under the Export Control Reform Act of 
                                 2018.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2025

   Mr. Miller of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Shreve, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. 
   Moylan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify certain definitions under the Export Control Reform Act of 
                                 2018.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities 
in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes, and 
Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act'' or the ``ADVERSARIES 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO DEFINITIONS UNDER THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT 
              OF 2018.

    Section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4801) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking ``means--'' and all that follows 
                through ``(A) any natural person'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) any natural person'';
                    (B) by adding ``or'' at the end of clause (i) (as 
                so designated);
                    (C) by striking ``(B) any corporation'' and 
                inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) any corporation'';
                    (D) by striking the period at the end of clause 
                (ii) (as so designated) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) each entity identified pursuant to 
                        section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) 
                        Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
                        for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) to be 
                        a Chinese military company;
                            ``(ii) each entity identified pursuant to 
                        Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code 
                        of Federal Regulations, or successor 
                        regulations by the Bureau of Industry and 
                        Security of the Department of Commerce;
                            ``(iii) each entity identified pursuant to 
                        Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of title 15, Code 
                        of Federal Regulations, or successor 
                        regulations by the Bureau of Industry and 
                        Security of the Department of Commerce;
                            ``(iv) each subsidiary or affiliate of an 
                        entity that is owned 50 percent or more in the 
                        aggregate, directly or indirectly, by an entity 
                        described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii), 
                        wherever located.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``foreign''.
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