House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act
Official title: To protect the national security of the United States by imposing sanctions with respect to certain persons of the People's Republic of China and prohibiting and requiring notifications with respect to certain investments by United States persons in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Barr R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2246.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1189):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2246, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jared Golden (D-ME), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
- H.R. 747 (119th) Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025
- H.R. 10184 (119th) Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026
- H.R. 478 (119th) Promoting New Bank Formation Act
- H.R. 2702 (119th) FIRM Act
- H.R. 2405 (119th) The White Oak Resilience Act
- H.R. 3484 (119th) Business Owners Protection Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1053 (119th) FIGHT China Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.