1HOUSE · FEB 9, 2026
Passed the House
395–2PASSED
R 198–1 D 197–1
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 58 · 35 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
PROTECT Taiwan Act
Official title: To direct certain financial regulators to exclude representatives of the People's Republic of China from certain banking organizations upon notice of certain threats or danger, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Lucas R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Committee actionSep 16, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 9, 2026 · 395–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1531.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1531, Pressure Regulatory Organizations to End Chinese Threats to Taiwan Act” on September 25, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 16, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61765
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1531, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-388 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on November 25, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/388
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1531, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23bfc0a130ee80115e9796bf3ee14e532a47d2b4a71ec1b3176b47a6b68b5325
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1531, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1531. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas.
- H.R. 1713 (119th) Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
- H.R. 1326 (119th) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act
- H.R. 1325 (119th) Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 5089 (119th) Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1013 (119th) Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
- H.R. 6967 (119th) Public Company Advisory Committee Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.