REVOKE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3181 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3181

To revoke security clearances for former personnel of the Department of 
 Defense who engage in lobbying activities on behalf of China, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To revoke security clearances for former personnel of the Department of 
 Defense who engage in lobbying activities on behalf of China, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Restricting Ex-Vetted Officials from 
Knowledge Exploitation Act'' or the ``REVOKE Act''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CERTAIN PERSONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Defense shall suspend or revoke a security clearance or 
eligibility for access to classified information for any retired or 
separated member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the 
Department of Defense who engages in an activity described in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this 
subsection are lobbying activities or lobbying contacts for or on 
behalf of any entity that is--
            (1) identified by the Secretary of Defense in the most 
        recent report submitted under section 1260H of the William M. 
        (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) as a Chinese military company; 
        and
            (2) included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
        Complex Companies List published by the Department of the 
        Treasury.
    (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may, for periods not to 
exceed 180 days, waive the application of the prohibition in subsection 
(a) for an individual if the Secretary certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that doing so is in the national security interest 
of the United States.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
        States Code.
            (2) The term ``lobbying activities'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
        (2 U.S.C. 1602).
            (3) The term ``lobbying contact'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
        (2 U.S.C. 1602), except that clause (iv) of paragraph 
        (8)(B)(iv) of such section shall not apply.
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