WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today held a committee business meeting during which members approved 17 bills, 2 resolutions, and 2 nominees.
“We are pleased with the passage of several pieces of legislation during the committee’s business meeting today,” said the senators. “Through these priorities, we will further drain Russia’s resources to continue waging war against Ukraine, deter China’s aggression towards Taiwan, and strengthen our partnership in AUKUS. America will be a safer place thanks to the bipartisan work of our colleagues, and we look forward to each bill becoming law,” concluded the senators.
17 Bills:
S.2918, - REPO Implementation Act (Risch, Whitehouse)
S.2960, - Deter PRC Aggression Against Taiwan Act (Risch, Shaheen)
S.2424, - THINK TWICE Act (Ricketts, Bennet)
S.1744, - PORCUPINE Act (Ricketts, Coons)
S.2626, - Strengthening United States Leadership at the IDB Act (McCormick, Kaine)
S.2146, - China Exchange Rate Transparency Act (McCormick, Cortez Masto)
S.2950, - Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization Act (Cornyn, Shaheen)
S.2550, - Critical Minerals Partnership Act (Curtis, Shaheen)
S.1854, - Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act (Scott, Shaheen)
S.2657, - STOP Russia and China Act (Cornyn, Shaheen)
S.2018, - A bill to modify certain limitations and exclusions regarding defense articles and requirements regarding security assistance and sales with respect to the Republic of Cyprus (Moran, Booker)
S.2684, - United States-Taiwan Partnership in the Americas Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Merkley, Curtis)
S.2224, - Taiwan International Solidarity Act (Van Hollen, Curtis)
S.1000, - A bill to establish an Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs. (Murkowski, King)
S.2978, - Designating the Russian Federation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (Graham, Blumenthal)
S.2130, - AUKUS Improvement Act of 2025 (Ricketts, Kaine)
Two Resolutions:
S.Res.226, - A resolution condemning the Government of the People's Republic of China for engaging in transnational repression, with amendments. (Merkley, Sullivan)
Two Nominations:
Mr. Joel Rayburn to be assistant secretary of State for near Eastern affairs.
Mr. Andrew Veprek to be assistant secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration.
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