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Senate Confirms Deputy Treasury Secretary
March 28, 2025 |Congress

The Senate voted 53-43 along party lines late March 26 to confirm former Assistant Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender as deputy treasury secretary. The Treasury Department issued a statement welcoming Faulkender’s confirmation; it didn't say whether he had been sworn in yet. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination in early March, Faulkender said he wants to study whether changes should be made to the Biden administration’s October 2024 rule restricting outbound investment in China (see 2503060069).

Risch, McCaul Praise Addition of Chinese Tech Firms to Entity List
March 28, 2025 |Congress

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, both said March 26 that they welcome the Trump administration’s decision to add 82 entities, mostly tech firms in mainland China, to the Commerce Department’s Entity List (see 2503250075).

Lawmakers Renew Bill to Counter Use of Digital Assets for Sanctions Evasion
March 28, 2025 |Congress

Reps. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Jim Himes, D-Conn., reintroduced a bill March 26 that would require the administration to develop a strategy to prevent the use of digital assets for illicit activity, including sanctions evasion. The Financial Technology Protection Act, which the House passed in the last Congress (see 2407230002), was referred to the House Financial Services Committee. Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., is expected to reintroduce a Senate companion.

New House Bill Would Sanction Pakistani Military Official
March 27, 2025 |Congress

Reps. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., introduced a bill March 24 that would sanction Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Gen. Asim Munir under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act for allegedly undermining democracy, such as by imprisoning political opponents. The Pakistan Democracy Act was referred to the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary committees.

Landau Confirmed, Sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State
March 26, 2025 |Congress

The Senate voted 60-31 late March 24 to confirm former U.S. ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau as deputy secretary of state. Fifty Republicans, nine Democrats and one independent backed his nomination, while 31 Democrats were opposed. Nine senators didn’t vote. A State Department website indicates Landau was sworn in for his new role March 25. Landau testified at a hearing on his nomination in early March that the Trump administration plans to build international support for using sanctions to counter Iran’s nuclear weapons program (see 2503040038).