Deterring Adversarial Access to Americans’ Data Act
H.R. 7509119th Congress

Deterring Adversarial Access to Americans’ Data Act

Introduced in the HouseRep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)33 sections · 2 min read
Version: Introduced in House · Feb 11, 2026

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Deterring Adversarial Access to Americans’ Data Act.

(a) Entities using foreign adversary-Controlled technology added to list of foreign-Influenced entities

Section 7701(a)(51) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking or at the end of subclause (I), by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) and inserting, or and by adding at the end the following new subclause:, and

(III) which uses foreign adversary-controlled technology during the taxable year.

(2) in subparagraph (I), by adding at the end the following new clause:

(vii) Foreign adversary-controlled technology

The term foreign adversary-controlled technology means any information and communications technology or service that is—

(I) designed, developed, manufactured, or provided by a specified foreign entity or foreign-influenced entity described in subclause (I) or (II) of subparagraph (D), or

(II) dependent on, or interoperable with, any other hardware, firmware, operating system, middleware, driver, embedded software, cloud service, or network component described in subclause (I) for core functionality.

(viii) Information and communications technology or service

The term information and communications technology or service means any hardware, software, or other product or service primarily intended to fulfill or enable the function of information or data processing, storage, retrieval, or communication by electronic means, including transmission, storage, and display.

(b) Bonus depreciation denied for foreign adversary-Controlled technology and property owned by prohibited foreign entities

Section 168(k)(2) of such Code is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A)—

(A) in clause (i)—

(i) by striking or at the end of subclause (III),

(ii) by striking and or in subclause (V) and inserting or, and

(iii) by striking and at the end of subclause (VI),

(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma, and

(C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:, and

(iii) which is not foreign adversary-controlled technology, and

(iv) which is not property owned by a prohibited foreign entity.

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

(I) Regulatory authority

The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (A).

(c) Denial of full expensing of domestic research and experimental expenditures for foreign adversary-Controlled technology and prohibited foreign entities

Section 174A(d) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(4) Foreign adversary-controlled technology; prohibited foreign entities

This section shall not apply to any amount paid or incurred—

(A) for the acquisition or development of foreign adversary-controlled technology, or

(B) by a prohibited foreign entity.

(1) In general

Section 163(j)(8)(A) of such Code is amended by striking and at the end of clause (v) and by inserting after clause (vi) the following new clause:

(vii) any item of income, gain, deduction, or loss which is attributable to—

(I) foreign adversary-controlled technology, or

(II) a trade or business owned by a prohibited foreign entity, and

(2) Regulatory authority

Section 163(j)(11) of such Code is amended by inserting and which items of income, gain, deduction, or loss are attributable to foreign adversary-controlled technology or a trade or business owned by a prohibited foreign entity under paragraph (8)(A)(vii) before the period at the end.

(e) Denial of credit for increasing research activities in the case of prohibited foreign entities

Section 41(d)(4) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

(D) Restrictions relating to prohibited foreign entities

No credit shall be allowed to a taxpayer under subsection (a) for any taxable year if the taxpayer is a specified foreign entity or a foreign-influenced entity.

(f) Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date which is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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