[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3153 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3153

    To require inclusion on the list of Chinese military companies 
  operating in the United States of Chinese entities on certain other 
           lists maintained by the United States Government.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2025

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
         twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require inclusion on the list of Chinese military companies 
  operating in the United States of Chinese entities on certain other 
           lists maintained by the United States Government.

    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 ``Chinese List Entity Alignment and 
Review Act of 2025'' or the ``CLEAR Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION ON LIST OF CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES OF CHINESE 
              ENTITIES ON OTHER LISTS.

    Section 1260H(b)(3) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 
U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Review of entities on other lists.--The 
                Secretary shall review, for inclusion in each annual 
                revision under subparagraph (A) of the list required by 
                paragraph (1), each entity added, during the year 
                preceding preparation of the revision of the list, to 
                any other list maintained by the United States 
                Government of Chinese entities subject to restrictions 
                or scrutiny relating to concerns about their activities 
                or affiliations.''.
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