Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to prohibit contracts between certain foreign entities and institutions of higher education conducting Department of Defense-funded research and to impose post-employment restrictions for participants in certain research funded by the Department, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Jim Banks R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 5, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.