The Treasury Department is preparing a response to questions it received from Congress about some of the money Iran has received through recent U.S. sanctions waivers, a Treasury official said Dec. 13.
Reps. Nathaniel Moran and Michael McCaul, Republicans from Texas, introduced a bill to make permanent U.S. export control regulations that prohibit foreign countries from transferring certain U.S. technology to Iran.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Dec. 13 advanced several bills that would revise U.S. export control regulations and procedures for dual-use technology.
Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., have introduced legislation to increase the frequency and quality of information that Congress receives about U.S. investment in China.
The Biden administration’s recent decision to remove China’s Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) from the Entity List has led the Chinese government to become more helpful, at least initially, in stemming the flow of illegal fentanyl drugs to the U.S., Bureau of Industry and Security officials said.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, is urging Congress to revisit legislation that would require U.S. firms to report outbound investments that could threaten American national security.
A group of Senate Republicans asked the Biden administration for a briefing on how Iran is spending the billions of dollars it has received through recent U.S. sanctions waivers.
Four House Democrats introduced a bill aimed at curbing the flow of U.S. firearms to drug cartels, gangs and other violent groups in the Caribbean and Latin America.
A bipartisan group of four senators introduced a bill that would impose sanctions on foreign banks and foreign cryptocurrency firms that do business with terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
The Biden administration should sanction Russian weapons manufacturer JSC Alabuga, which is receiving help from Iran to produce its own version of Iran’s Shahed-136 kamikaze drone, known as the Geran-2, on Russian soil, according to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.