Safeguarding U.S. Rulemaking Act

Sponsor: Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican-WY)December 10, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Blocks foreign adversaries from commenting on U.S. government rules.

This bill would stop foreign governments and individuals identified as foreign adversaries from submitting public comments on new U.S. government rules. It aims to prevent these entities from influencing how federal agencies create regulations by changing existing federal law.

What Would Change

Today, foreign governments and individuals, including those designated as foreign adversaries, can submit public comments on proposed U.S. government rules. If this bill becomes law, foreign governments identified as adversaries and their citizens or companies would be blocked from participating in this public comment process.

Key Provisions

Blocks foreign governments identified as adversaries from submitting public comments on proposed U.S. government rules.
Prevents individuals and companies from foreign adversary countries from submitting public comments on proposed U.S. government rules.
Changes existing federal law to make these foreign entities ineligible to participate in the rulemaking process.
Relies on the Secretary of Commerce's existing definition of a "foreign adversary" to identify which governments and entities would be blocked.

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Safeguarding U.S. Rulemaking Act

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