Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
Sponsored By: Representative Castro (TX)
In Committee
Summary
Creates a three-year State Department initiative to help allied and partner countries screen foreign investment for national security risks. The program would deliver training, technical assistance, and coordination to reduce risks to critical infrastructure, sensitive technology, and supply chains.
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- Partner countries would receive hands-on technical assistance, training, and regulatory guidance to build or strengthen foreign investment screening mechanisms. The Initiative would be established within 180 days and operate for 3 years.
- The State Department would lead the Initiative under the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and coordinate with other U.S. agencies. It would produce annual reports to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with country assessments and recommendations.
- Private sector actors and supply chains would gain from shared best practices and information sharing aimed at reducing exposure to malign foreign influence and vulnerabilities in sensitive technology.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Help for partners to screen investments
If enacted, the Secretary of State would set up an Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening within 180 days. The Initiative would run for three years after it starts and then end. The Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (or that Under Secretary's designee) would lead the Initiative and coordinate with other agencies. The Initiative would give partner countries technical assistance, training, advisory services, regulatory guidance, and information sharing to help them screen foreign investment for national security risks. The Secretary would report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations within one year and then annually for three years, including summaries of assistance, partner progress, emerging risks, recommendations, and reasons for designating partner countries.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Cosponsors
Kim
CA • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Sherman
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Baird
IN • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
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