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<dc:title>119 S3153 IS: Chinese List Entity Alignment and Review Act of 2025</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2025-11-07</dc:date>
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        <distribution-code>II</distribution-code>
        <congress>119th CONGRESS</congress>
        <session>1st Session</session>
        <legis-num>S. 3153</legis-num>
        <current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
        <action>
            <action-date date="20251107">November 7, 2025</action-date>
            <action-desc><sponsor name-id="S404">Mr. Scott of Florida</sponsor> introduced the
                following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc>
        </action>
        <legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
        <official-title>To require inclusion on the list of Chinese military companies operating in
            the United States of Chinese entities on certain other lists maintained by the United
            States Government.</official-title>
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        <section id="S1" 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>Chinese List Entity Alignment and Review Act of 2025</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>CLEAR Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text>
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            <enum>2.</enum>
            <header>Inclusion on list of Chinese military companies of Chinese entities on other
                lists</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1260H(b)(3) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/113">10 U.S.C. 113</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
            <paragraph id="idbfd6863f17d04823a77e7fccb44e17fe">
                <enum>(1)</enum>
 <text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68c2bbf91267468eaafce783ab765b23"> <subparagraph id="id61c58141ed0e45b2943393bd0113340e"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary</text>
                    </subparagraph>
                    <after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
                </quoted-block>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph id="id5b8f5876104f4760bec4412ff88dea44">
                <enum>(2)</enum>
 <text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida972a776ec714e6ea9ef6db32d42d014"> <subparagraph id="id26a0a220a2924f109dcd29065e6a26fd"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Review of entities on other lists</header> <text>The Secretary shall review, for inclusion in each annual revision under subparagraph (A) of the list required by paragraph (1), each entity added, during the year preceding preparation of the revision of the list, to any other list maintained by the United States Government of Chinese entities subject to restrictions or scrutiny relating to concerns about their activities or affiliations.</text>
                    </subparagraph>
                    <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
                </quoted-block>
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