3.0.0 2989 2026-05-18T15:20:39Z 2026-05-18T15:20:39Z House H HR 2025-04-24 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2989 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 69 (Thursday, April 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BRESNAHAN:H.R. 2989.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution inthat the legislation exercises legislative powers granted toCongress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers and all other Powers vested by theConstitution in the Government of the United States or anyDepartment or Office thereof.''[Page H1624]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-04-24T15:02:05Z Time to Choose Act of 2025 119 731 S 2025-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2025-04-24 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001327 Rep. Bresnahan, Robert [R-PA-8] Robert Bresnahan R PA P. 8 N Government Operations and Politics Asia 2025-07-24T14:28:14Z China 2025-07-24T14:28:14Z Public contracts and procurement 2025-07-24T14:28:14Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-05-29T12:17:55Z 00 2025-04-24 Introduced in House 2026-05-18T15:20:26Z Time to Choose Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the federal government from awarding consulting services contracts to any entity that provides consulting services to covered foreign entities.

Foreign entities covered by the bill include

  • the government of China, the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Liberation Army, or any Chinese security service or intelligence agency;
  • the government of Russia or any entity sanctioned under Executive Order 13662;
  • the government of any country determined by the Department of State to have repeatedly provided support for international terrorism; and
  • any entity on certain lists maintained by the Department of Commerce, such as the Denied Persons List or the Military End User List.

An agency may waive the prohibition on a case-by-case basis if it is in the national security interests of the United States and no other entity without a conflict of interest can perform the work.

]]> Time to Choose Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Time to Choose Act of 2025 2025-05-07T08:23:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Time to Choose Act of 2025 2025-05-07T08:23:15Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To prohibit conflicts of interest among consulting firms that simultaneously contract with China or other covered foreign entities and the United States Government, and for other purposes. 2025-05-07T08:18:20Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2989ih/xml/BILLS-119hr2989ih.xml 2025-04-24 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.