Safeguarding US Rulemaking Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6581 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6581

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

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2025

 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Palmer, Ms. Stefanik, and Mr.
    Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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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 US 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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