Expands the definitions in the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to cover Chinese military companies and certain Commerce Department-listed entities, along with their majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates wherever located.

Official title: ADVERSARIES Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 01-DEC-2025

Referred 01-DEC-2025

Approved by committee 22-APR-2026

Key points

Adds entities identified under section 1260H of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act as Chinese military companies to the definitions.
Adds entities listed in Supplements No. 4 and No. 7 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, as issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security.
Covers subsidiaries and affiliates owned 50 percent or more, directly or indirectly, by those listed entities.
Strikes the word "foreign" from paragraph (6) of the same section.

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor Max L. Miller (R-OH) Cosponsors · 3

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3 Republicans

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