United States of America: Bill to prohibit the Secretary of Defence from entering into software source code contracts with entities with certain relationships with China (Bill No. HR 3961)
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
12 Jun 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Public procurement
Policy Instrument
Public procurement access
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
software provider: other software
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Bill to prohibit the Secretary of Defence from entering into software source code contracts with entities with certain relationships with China was introduced to House of Representatives (Bill No. HR 3961)
On 12 June 2025, the bill to prohibit the Secretary of Defence from entering into software source code contracts with entities with certain relationships with China, and for other purposes was introduced to the United States House of Representatives…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament