PROTECT Taiwan Act

Where it stands

1. Introduced Done · Feb 24, 2025
2. Committee Done · Feb 24, 2025
3. Passed House Done · Feb 9, 2026
4. Passed Senate Not yet
5. President Not yet
6. Law Not yet

From the official actions on Congress.gov.

Key points

What it changes

A plain-language summary isn't ready yet. The official summary below describes the bill.

Who it affects

A plain-language summary isn't ready yet. The official summary below describes the bill.

What it costs

The Congressional Budget Office published a cost estimate on Sep 25, 2025 (as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 16, 2025): H.R. 1531, Pressure Regulatory Organizations to End Chinese Threats to Taiwan Act ↗

Where it stands

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Feb 11, 2026)

What happens next

The Senate would need to pass it next.

Official summary

Pressure 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. 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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House version), via Congress.gov. These are proposed provisions, not enacted law.

Recorded votes

1. HOUSEFinal passageFeb 9, 2026 · roll call 58

   On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Passed (395–2)

   This vote decided whether the bill passes this chamber.
   Votes by party

   How each party voted on roll call 58

   Party	Yes	No	Present	Did not vote	Share voting Yes
   Democratic	197	1	0	16
   Republican	198	1	0	19
   Independent	0	0	0	0

   Party totals from the official roll call.

   Map: how each state voted

   All voted YesSplitAll voted NoNo Yes or No votes

   Each state is shaded by the share of its U.S. House members who voted Yes, out of those who voted Yes or No. Colors show the vote, not party.

   Office of the Clerk, U.S. House ↗ — includes how every member voted

Vote types come from the official question text. How we label votes

Legislative history

1. Feb 11, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2. Feb 9, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. Feb 9, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 2 (Roll no. 58). (text: CR H2078-2079)
4. Feb 9, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 2 (Roll no. 58). (text: CR H2078-2079)
5. Feb 9, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2082-2083)
6. Feb 9, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
7. Feb 9, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1531.
8. Feb 9, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2078-2079)
9. Feb 9, 2026Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
10. Nov 25, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 338.
11. Nov 25, 2025Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
12. Nov 25, 2025Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
13. Nov 25, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-388, Part I.
14. Nov 25, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-388, Part I.
15. Sep 16, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
16. Sep 16, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
17. Feb 24, 2025Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
18. Feb 24, 2025Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
19. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
20. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House