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<dc:title>119 HR 4617 IH: American Investment Accountability Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4617</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250722">July 22, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001196">Ms. Stefanik</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HFA00">Foreign Affairs</committee-name>, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned</action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To monitor United States investments in entities that are controlled by foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H815D282432EC4DB9B954A9FF80864273" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H6EE77E71572E42A1A5C133B6F3C6A6DD" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>American Investment Accountability Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HED2C4D0B73E84699A8AB298430912098"><enum>2.</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFECC83976CFC412981F2F3474C1BD010"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HEB226FD4FF6B43F68DFFFE0D99B37D98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HD8582B18564B4BD391F8B5089370149F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CD0D1A64E314D35B555214EEF269E9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H882930B57C914807BC740A34E4A34E7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance of the Senate;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H113BCF0D95E247D9B6FE9005B4F864D7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89931A60F3B44296AE255F9E70D5773A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADDB0E96B33C4ACBA2D3E4D1AD06CE43"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1ADE4B2D9CA84E77856C3C43ADBB7BEB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02626AD6B437445A853A6830697C45AE"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1FF387C45E2B4EE09BBF80F8174557EE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66A4427155F1443F8591DCA85F3550A2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53C49F8728CC4173ABE6A03CECF88EFA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Country of concern</header><text>The term <term>country of concern</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF82B2DFA03A244BB830105B8577034A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a country the government of which is a foreign adversary, as defined in section 8(c)(2) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1607">47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F1C25F6476D448E9A47EFA4123E5CD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC2B837945CF4E7DBAD311778D665AB3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the People’s Republic of China (including the Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong and Macau);</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D488B0C75484BA2BB1B6A23DE2BACFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Russian Federation;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED08DB06B5894EDF904E9C69AA6CCA95"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iran;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H029377D3B81D4DA6B2CD9DCA7C7578A8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">North Korea;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC16A0E0437EC4448AD077CB339623427"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cuba; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC546841EF0EC4EA0B4A45010A28746D6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venezuela.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DA9BD2980194D6A90EEFB2614FA5BA4" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered United States business</header><text>The term <term>covered United States business</term> means any entity that—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C892CAC6B364B959D1A946E6D83B3CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is—</text>
<clause id="H30C3720D916A42259638A3E46561E115"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a corporation, partnership, or other association organized under the laws of the United States or of any State, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CAE42B600B94F6DAB8516FB94B50D70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a foreign corporation, partnership, or other association, not less than 25 percent of the ownership interest in which is held by United States citizens or entities described in clause (i); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3580EC50FBCC40DBB296C1054A7C0FF1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not a small business concern (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89226AD3BAD24CE5B0138A6EF8087EE1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Covered entity</header><text>The term <term>covered entity</term> means any entity—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C1ACBE0C783479DA27ECE8BF207DB67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H161208E2D85B4DB8B14235AE2E6BA098"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has its headquarters or principal place of business in a country of concern;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC57857AA91414531A91CB4165B87A1EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country of concern;</text></clause> <clause id="H2EB4E60D6039450B9110648701401D1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is owned by the government of a country of concern;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9CEE215AAB6349A09D6EE6B36EC2E1D2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is under the direct or indirect control of such a government;</text></clause> <clause id="HA6A59AB1B6B24EFBB1B0D7B94139D9F5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>is subject to the influence of such a government; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H59930FDF02C742629D33B7A2996E4EF0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>is subject to intimidation by a public official of such a government;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2673A0478FD94AC589F0E845CE641DB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than 25 percent of the ownership interest in which is held, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, by not less than 1 entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFF7EF075B9A4378A3654D1C1B87E5F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included on a sanctions list; or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF976E8A148E64EB99576B0164306FB2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owned or controlled by the government of a country of concern;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6679C06FB69A4C21B36F6C0DAFA0421D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that has a subsidiary or parent organization that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98F72A1E0B07427DB5CDC7BDF91D7390"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has its headquarters or principal place of business in a country of concern; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H312D7C00618F4F9EA06E850CC743498D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
                            <enum>(ii)</enum>
 <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country of concern; or</text>
                        </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85B63FE23C6C4C019F101D85F3083579"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that the Secretary of the Treasury considers to have an interest in property or interests in property of an entity in which not less than 25 percent of the ownership interest is held, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, by not less than 1 entity included on a sanctions list.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA7DF463B11C428FBCD0BBDF196DBD9F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Direct investment</header><text>The term <term>direct investment</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3102">22 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCBE027C94B944AEBBB817A722CAC0686"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Offshore financial center</header><text>The term <term>offshore financial center</term> means any country, special administrative region, territory, or jurisdiction outside the United States that acts as an intermediary for investments originating in the United States and destined for countries of concern, through which, on an annual basis—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A135CE36A5B4AEB962B1470C7B25665"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than $100,000,000 in direct investments in countries of concern or covered entities are made; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38C3A04AE4704168BF5A11593D443D64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than $500,000,000 in portfolio investments in countries of concern or covered entities are made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE34C247AA0234F538F129E50F78A82CD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Portfolio investment</header><text>The term <term>portfolio investment</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3102">22 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D7C3D71393D49519C506A3F7B3778AA" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Sanctions list</header><text>The term <term>sanctions list</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFE0FBC7DBCB4840AFC9522DD76D567C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDE2D488347347C4A59794377400F435"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury (commonly known as the <quote>SDN list</quote>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85DB5D7351C84862A8F78BE710E76441"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the list of foreign financial institutions subject to correspondent account or payable-through account sanctions maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (commonly known as the <quote>CAPTA List</quote>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7EB9A47CDCA42299A837BC166C96DE5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the list of persons operating in sectors of the Russian economy identified by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive Order 13662 (commonly known as the <quote>Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List</quote>); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5BB3BED3EFCD43A49ECCA7D34B65D4C9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Non-SDN Chinese Military Industrial Complex List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8440D80DD8944F74A87F9A8876D61F2F"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United States</term> means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Atoll, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB9C9EE88D134669BBAFC3CE5861D8C5"><enum>(10)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3102">22 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3276AAD321CC41D6BF5DAE95F0B7B39A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report by Secretary of Commerce</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies, for the period specified in subsection (e)—</text> <paragraph id="HED37A073A9764E6C9EDFA926D36B2EBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the value of direct investments by United States persons in countries of concern, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2D4F63F5450470C97BC88A3D22B3D9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be disaggregated by sector and by the State in which the investment originated; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACE91A74D9844E979D7818C6982C65EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">account for investment occurring through offshore financial centers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2B4B062D4524CE8B78BDEED52960B29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the value of direct investments by United States persons in covered entities, which shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4788C45A3554AF7AFD110BEFB2DA29C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be disaggregated by sector; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3279372109D94A4294AC78B853AEAEC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">account for investment occurring through offshore financial centers; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4BF2E0A78A1419396CD47FCA3347794"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of direct investments by United States persons in countries of concern in excess of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E41A155462F4C9184147A7619BC2FCE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 in a single transaction; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7465D2ADEE784184835E6D75BD8C4322"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 in the aggregate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H69276C1B9EBC436F84F86BD4BC3F2972"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report by Secretary of the Treasury</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies, for the period specified in subsection (e)—</text> <paragraph id="HCCCABEED70584E1B913649CB6DA48A55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the value of portfolio investments by United States persons in countries of concern, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H556CB6E04A5D4121830579B18668B98F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be disaggregated by sector and by the State in which the investment originated; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FDE768DE7FC4804B7C7F1BF73C307BF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">account for investment occurring through offshore financial centers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H968D35F8D4FC461BBB13FC495F4BEEF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the value of portfolio investments by United States persons in covered entities, which shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H95B16F66384844E5A44CED48EC0A3D9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be disaggregated by sector; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8514C87C506D4E23B56F7933F512060B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>account for investment occurring through offshore financial centers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H593383EB21844EEF94FD6EED1D6EEFAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of portfolio investments by United States persons in countries of concern in excess of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAA78C05C8C94D7DBCCDF77FE62DFC86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$10,000,000 in a single transaction; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE9A6D7EC0F44C1DBDF9659A59D4FE37" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$25,000,000 in the aggregate; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE316865058254CB491A503A1EF332444"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the value of portfolio investments by United States persons in initial offerings for sale to the public of common equity securities of covered entities and secondary market trading in such securities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C90092DB5B4400EB2877747F0AB6749"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report by Securities and Exchange Commission</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that, for the period specified in subsection (e), identifies the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26D17FAEABCE48C885D4504B275B3110"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each instance in which a covered United States business spun off a separate entity that subsequently operated in a country of concern.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7ACAD6D1340444EF890A716C6B2E7FC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each joint venture entered into between a covered United States business and a covered entity.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE957E9B8F03540089DFE5D9B8B306ADE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each instance in which a covered United States business merged with, acquired, or was acquired by a covered entity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAA0067F0FF6483EA65BED8BF69FF14D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each instance in which the value of expanded operations of a covered United States business in a country of concern exceeds—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28927508C6BB4F9190BDE5F7EA312BD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 in a single transaction; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3DDEFCCF688642B7A7E7C42A13EFEC5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 in the aggregate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DEA14445F6248809FBFE66F3A7D716D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each instance in which a covered United States business made a direct investment in a country of concern.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H37D010AE76D247A5A9292E58F83ACCF8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Period specified</header><text>The period specified in this subsection is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFBDBD146F244DB9925549C2299349C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of the first report required by subsection (b), (c), or (d), the 1-year period preceding submission of the report; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54214AAACDAB436BA85AEF9AAEA4291E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of any subsequent report required by any such subsection, the 90-day period preceding submission of the report.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> 
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