Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0813
Case Information
- Source
- U.S. Senate
- Author
- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sen. John Curtis (R-UT)
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-24
- Content Type
- Legal / Normative Text (statutory bill text)
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-20
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
A bipartisan bill creating a State Department Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening to provide technical assistance/training to allied and partner countries on screening out malign foreign (implicitly Chinese) investment in their supply chains and critical sectors, with congressional reporting and a 5-year sunset. Aligned: national-economic security against a strategic adversary (I), supply-chain/industrial security (XIII), non-military statecraft strengthening allies (XVI), and disciplined sunset-limited lawmaking with oversight (XVII). Held to the middle-upper band by the modest tension of funding foreign capacity-building, answered by direct American benefit and the sunset. A clean, bipartisan, adversary-focused, self-limiting measure — contrast to the movement-splitting Iran (0811) and Israel (0812) resolutions. No auto-fail (security cooperation for American advantage, not development/charity foreign aid).
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0813 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.