United States 119th Congress Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 8 R · 1 D cosponsors

HR 708 — SHIELD Against CCP Act

Last action — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (8 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

6 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to the bill HR 708 indicate that it has been referred to the Senate after being received and read twice. The phrase indicating its prior status as engrossed in the House has been removed. This matters because the bill's progression in the legislative process is now noted, shifting its focus from the House to the Senate for further consideration.

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708 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
708 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
708 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
708 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025 Received;
read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
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KEVIN F.
119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
MCCUMBER, Clerk.
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708 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
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Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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.

  6. Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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.

  7. Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

  8. Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  9. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1049-1051)

  10. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 708.

  11. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1049-1050)

  12. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1049-1050)

  13. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  14. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 538 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (538)

538 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety immigration technology
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HR 708?
HR 708 is sponsored by Strong, Dale W. (Republican), Suozzi, Thomas R. (Democratic), Higgins, Clay (Republican), Green, Mark E. (Republican), Guest, Michael (Republican), Luttrell, Morgan (Republican), Evans, Gabe (Republican), Moolenaar, John R. (Republican), and Pfluger, August (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 708?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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