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Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act

USA119th CongressHR-3635| House 
| Updated: 5/29/2025
Thomas H. Kean

Thomas H. Kean

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (1)
Hillary J. Scholten (Democratic)

Agriculture Committee, Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This legislation aims to prevent Members of Congress from engaging in financial activities that could compromise national security by prohibiting them from conducting certain transactions with foreign adversaries. Specifically, it bans any covered financial transaction that directly or indirectly benefits a foreign adversary or an entity owned or operated by one, for the duration of a Member's term of service. The bill broadly defines a "covered financial transaction" to include gifts, loans, advances, and deposits of money, as well as investments in securities or commodities, and comparable economic interests acquired through synthetic means like derivatives. The designated foreign adversaries include the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the Maduro regime. To enforce this prohibition, the Attorney General is authorized to initiate civil actions in federal court against alleged violators. If a violation is proven, civil penalties will be imposed, starting at $5,000 for a first offense, increasing to $10,000 for a second, and $15,000 for each subsequent violation.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-9405
Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act
May 29, 2025
Introduced in House
May 29, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-9405
    Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act


  • May 29, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • May 29, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act

USA119th CongressHR-3635| House 
| Updated: 5/29/2025
This legislation aims to prevent Members of Congress from engaging in financial activities that could compromise national security by prohibiting them from conducting certain transactions with foreign adversaries. Specifically, it bans any covered financial transaction that directly or indirectly benefits a foreign adversary or an entity owned or operated by one, for the duration of a Member's term of service. The bill broadly defines a "covered financial transaction" to include gifts, loans, advances, and deposits of money, as well as investments in securities or commodities, and comparable economic interests acquired through synthetic means like derivatives. The designated foreign adversaries include the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the Maduro regime. To enforce this prohibition, the Attorney General is authorized to initiate civil actions in federal court against alleged violators. If a violation is proven, civil penalties will be imposed, starting at $5,000 for a first offense, increasing to $10,000 for a second, and $15,000 for each subsequent violation.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-9405
Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act
May 29, 2025
Introduced in House
May 29, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-9405
    Foreign Adversary Investment Prohibition Act


  • May 29, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • May 29, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Thomas H. Kean

Thomas H. Kean

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (1)
Hillary J. Scholten (Democratic)

Agriculture Committee, Financial Services Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted