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Requires the Director of National Intelligence to report annually for three years on weapons sales by Chinese entities, and requires the State Department to develop a strategy to discourage countries from buying new Chinese-made weapons.
Official title: THINK TWICE Act of 2025
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Senate
Introduced
23-JUL-2025
Referred
23-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
22-OCT-2025
Reported
30-OCT-2025
On the calendar
30-OCT-2025
- Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report within 180 days of enactment and annually for three years, covering Chinese weapons available to foreign buyers, their capabilities, and which entities have violated UN Security Council arms restrictions on Iran and North Korea
- Requires the classified annex to include an intelligence assessment of counterintelligence risks and the risk that U.S.-origin technology spreads to others through allies' purchases of Chinese weapons
- Requires the Secretary of State, with the Secretary of Defense, to develop within one year a strategy to dissuade purchases of new Chinese weapons, including an information campaign about their risks, U.S. financing and pricing options, and an analysis of sanctions or export controls on buyers
- Requires the Secretary of State to report the strategy and an implementation plan to Congress, with a plan for close coordination with Congress
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