Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 4, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 59 words.
Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act This bill requires the Department of Defense to consult with the President and report on the effects on national security of surveillance conducted by China via the high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down in the United States in February 2023. The report must be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Context
- Committees
- House Armed Services Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 27 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 200 words
- Subjects
- AsiaAviation and airportsChinaCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Latest action
- Feb 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]