Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6528

Tracking and Restricting Adversarial Circumvention of Embargoes Act of 2025

China and Iran Trade: New Reporting Requirements

Dec 9, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 7 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. No action has been taken on the bill since December 2025, which means it has been stalled for about six months. These committees must review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills never receive a vote at this stage.

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The bill has support from both parties and addresses popular national security concerns, but many foreign policy reporting bills struggle to get a full vote in a crowded schedule.

Key Points

This bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to write a report about trade between China and Iran. The report will look at how much oil China has bought from Iran since 2020 and if they used shell companies or other tricks to hide these deals from the U.S. government.
The report will also investigate if Chinese companies are selling materials to Iran that help build ballistic missiles. This includes looking at the money used for these sales and the specific chemicals needed to make missile parts.
Within six months after the report is finished, the Treasury Department must decide if China's actions should lead to new punishments or sanctions. This process helps the government decide how to respond to countries that try to get around existing trade bans.
The goal of this policy is to stop Iran from getting money and technology for its military by closing loopholes that China might be using. It ensures that Congress and the Treasury Department have the latest information on how these two countries are working together.

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Milestones

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Dec 9, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Dec 9, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Tracking and Restricting Adversarial Circumvention of Embargoes Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6528

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.