119th Congress
S. 731
Time to Choose Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Josh Hawley(R-MO)
- Introduced
- Feb 25, 2025
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (4)
Original cosponsors (2)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
Added later (2)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH) · Apr 29, 2025
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · Feb 4, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
Time to Choose Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the federal government from awarding consulting services contracts to any entity that provides consulting services to covered foreign entities.
Foreign entities covered by the bill include
• the government of China, the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Liberation Army, or any Chinese security service or intelligence agency;
• the government of Russia or any entity sanctioned under Executive Order 13662;
• the government of any country determined by the Department of State to have repeatedly provided support for international terrorism; and
• any entity on certain lists maintained by the Department of Commerce, such as the Denied Persons List or the Military End User List.
An agency may waive the prohibition on a case-by-case basis if it is in the national security interests of the United States and no other entity without a conflict of interest can perform the work.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 25, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. - Feb 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate