[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3158

  To amend section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
  Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify that the 
  identification of Chinese military companies is not covered by the 
                     Administrative Procedure Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2025

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
  Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify that the 
  identification of Chinese military companies is not covered by the 
                     Administrative Procedure Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Supply Chain 
Integrity Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF IDENTIFICATION OF CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES FOR 
              PURPOSES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.

    Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 
113 note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsection (g):
    ``(g) Administrative Procedure.--A determination made by the 
Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) shall be considered a 
military or foreign affairs function for purposes of section 554 of 
title 5, United States Code, and shall not be subject to sections 551, 
553 through 559, and 701 through 706 of that title (commonly referred 
to as the `Administrative Procedure Act').''.
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