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H.R. 1531119th CongressInternational Affairs
PROTECT Taiwan Act
Sponsored by Rep. Frank D. Lucas (R-OK) · 2 active : 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 9, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govPressure Regulatory Organizations To End Chinese Threats to Taiwan Act or the PROTECT Taiwan Act
This bill requires certain federal entities to seek to exclude China from six international financial organizations if the President informs Congress that China's actions threaten Taiwan and pose a danger to U.S. interests.
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Specifically, the bill establishes that it is U.S. policy to seek to exclude Chinese representatives from participating in the activities of six international organizations if the President informs Congress that China's actions pose any (1) threat to Taiwan's security, economic system, or social system; and (2) danger to U.S. interests.
The six specified organizations are
the Group of Twenty,
the Bank for International Settlements,
the Financial Stability Board,
the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision,
the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, and
the International Organization of Securities Commissions.
In the event that the President so informs Congress, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to take all necessary steps to advance the exclusion policy.
The President may waive the application of this policy to an organization if doing so is in the national interest of the United States.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Asia
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- China
- Foreign and international banking
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Taiwan
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 73Middle 30–70
- 18Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
