A Republican bill with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The PICTURES Act requires the Director of National Intelligence to create a report regarding the wealth of the Chinese Communist Party leadership. This report must include detailed assessments of the financial holdings, business interests, and personal assets of high-ranking officials and their immediate family members. The intelligence community is tasked with providing this information, including documentation and potentially photographic evidence of assets like real estate or luxury items. The report must also identify financial proxies used to hide these assets. A public version of the report is to be posted on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website. Finally, the report must be submitted to specific intelligence committees in both the Senate and the House.
Yes
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The act increases transparency regarding the financial holdings of foreign leadership through public reporting.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Informing National Security Decision-Making: Understanding the personal assets and overseas holdings of CCP leaders is considered essential for making decisions regarding United States foreign policy, national security, and economic security (Section 2, Finding 5).
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Exposing Corruption and Hypocrisy: The bill aims to build upon previous intelligence work to further expose the hypocrisy and duplicity of the Chinese Communist Party through the use of photographic evidence and detailed assessments (Section 2, Finding 4).
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Increased Transparency of Foreign Leadership Assets: The Act requires a detailed assessment of the wealth, business interests, and financial holdings of various high-level officials and their immediate family members (Section 4, subsection (b)(1)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Risk to Intelligence Methods: The bill notes that the collection and sharing of information must be consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods (Section 3, subsection (1); Section 4, subsection (b)(5)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The act increases transparency regarding the financial holdings of foreign leadership through public reporting.
- 5/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/24/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/18/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
Marsha BlackburnRepublican · Tennessee
Bill CassidyRepublican · Louisiana
David McCormickRepublican · Pennsylvania