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US SB2424

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Pete Ricketts

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Requires the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretaries of Defense and State, to submit annual reports to Congress for 3 years on Chinese arms sales, including weapons systems available for purchase, technical capabilities, countries likely to buy them, and Chinese entities violating UN Security Council resolutions on arms transfers to Iran and North Korea.

  • Mandates the Secretary of State to develop within 1 year a strategy to dissuade foreign countries from purchasing new Chinese weapons systems and military equipment, excluding spare parts for previously purchased items.

  • Strategy must include an information campaign warning prospective buyers about risks of Chinese weapons (reliability issues, lack of combat track record, incompatibility with U.S. systems) and potential limitations on future U.S. security cooperation.

  • Requires analysis of whether sanctions, export controls, or economic restrictions could deter purchases of Chinese weapons, and actions the U.S. government can take including creative financing and subsidized pricing to make American weapons more attractive.

  • Reports must be submitted in unclassified form with classified annexes containing intelligence assessments on counterintelligence risks and potential technology proliferation from U.S. allies using Chinese military equipment.

Legislative Description

THINK TWICE Act of 2025 Tracking Hostile Industry Networks and Kit while Thwarting Weapons Imports from Chinese Entities Act of 2025

International affairs

Last Action

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 238.

10/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations7/23/2025

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