S. 3416

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3416 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3416 To prohibit public comments from governments and individuals designated as foreign adversaries. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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.''. <all>