S. 3416

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3416 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3416

To prohibit public comments from governments and individuals designated 
as foreign adversaries.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 10, 2025

Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Sheehy) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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A BILL

To prohibit public comments from governments and individuals designated 
as foreign adversaries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding U.S. Rulemaking Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO U.S. CITIZENS AND ENTITIES.

Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ``After notice'' and 
inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (f), after 
notice'';
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ``Each agency'' and 
inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (f), each 
agency''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) A foreign government that is determined by the Secretary of 
Commerce to be a foreign adversary under section 791.4(a) of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or a national of or entity incorporated in 
such foreign government shall be ineligible to participate in rule 
making or petition an agency under this section.''.
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