H.R. 6331

Summary

H.R. 6331, the ADVERSARIES Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 1, 2025 by Rep. Max Miller (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Apr 22, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

Record

Text

H.R. 6331 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6331 IH: Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes, and Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-01
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6331  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 1, 2025   Mr. Miller of Ohio  (for himself,  Mr. Shreve ,  Mr. McCaul , and  Mr. Moylan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Foreign Affairs    A BILL
To modify certain definitions under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes, and Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act   or the   ADVERSARIES Act  .
2.
Modification to definitions under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018
Section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4801 ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (5)—
(A)
by striking  means—  and all that follows through  (A) any natural person  and inserting the following:
(A)
means—
(i)
any natural person
 ;
(B)
by adding  or  at the end of clause (i) (as so designated);
(C)
by striking  (B) any corporation  and inserting the following:
(ii)
any corporation
 ;
(D)
by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) (as so designated) and inserting  ; or ; and
(E)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
includes—
(i)
each entity identified pursuant to section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 10 U.S.C. 113  note) to be a Chinese military company;
(ii)
each entity identified pursuant to Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce;
(iii)
each entity identified pursuant to Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce;
(iv)
each subsidiary or affiliate of an entity that is owned 50 percent or more in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, by an entity described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii), wherever located.
 ; and
(2)
in paragraph (6), by striking  foreign .

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To modify certain definitions under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.

Sponsors

Rep. Max Miller (R) sponsors H.R. 6331, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Max Miller

Rep. · R–OH-7 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 1, 2025

James Moylan

Rep. · R–GU-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 1, 2025 · Original

Michael McCaul

Rep. · R–TX-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 1, 2025 · Original

Jefferson Shreve

Rep. · R–IN-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 1, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6331 went before 1 committee: Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Markup By · Apr 22, 2026 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6331 has taken 4 actions since Dec 1, 2025, the latest on Apr 22, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6331 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6331 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• ADVERSARIES Act — Display Title
• ADVERSARIES Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes, and Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To modify certain definitions under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 6331, the latest on May 21, 2026.

• H.R. 6331, Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes, and Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act — 2026-05-21As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 19 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6331 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Trade (domestic/foreign), Education, Defense, Foreign Relations, Science/Technology, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6331 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6331’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6331 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Foreign and international corporations to Trade restrictions.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6331, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 200 (Monday, December 1, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MILLER of Ohio:H.R. 6331.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution[Page H4966]

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