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September 22, 2026
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextPROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT OF 2026
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Cloture having been invoked, the clerk will report the bill.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 4668) to protect the name, image, and likeness
rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and
to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics,
and for other purposes.
Pending:
Thune (for Cruz) amendment No. 6776, in the nature of a
substitute.
Thune amendment No. 6777 (to amendment No. 6776), to change
the enactment date.
Thune amendment No. 6778 (to amendment No. 6777), of a
perfecting nature.
Thune amendment No. 6779 (to the language proposed to be
stricken by amendment No. 6776), to change the enactment
date.
Thune amendment No. 6780 (to amendment No. 6779), of a
perfecting nature.
Thune motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with instructions,
Thune amendment No. 6781, to change the enactment date.
Thune amendment No. 6782 (to the instructions (amendment
No. 6781) of the motion to recommit), of a perfecting nature.
Thune amendment No. 6783 (to amendment No. 6782), of a
perfecting nature.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.
Unanimous Consent Request—S. 3101
Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to again ask for unanimous consent to pass the SAFE KIDS Act.
Democrat colleague called the issue of surrogate birth tourism a conspiracy theory. It was suggested that I was trying to prevent Americans from having families through surrogacy or other means. That was untrue then, and it is clearly untrue now.
based on a story in my home State of Florida. It was a real story hurting one of my constituents, and I wanted to raise the alarm.
I warned this body months ago of this national security threat. Here is what has happened since. This story from my State and others like it have made national headlines.
CBS: “ `Who do we hand the baby to?' Loopholes and shady practices taint U.S. surrogacy industry.”
The Wall Street Journal: “The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate.”
Fortune: “Chinese billionaire who has fathered more than 100 children”—you can't make this stuff up—“hopes to have dozens of U.S.-born boys to one day take over his business.”
The Wall Street Journal: “A Florida Surrogate, a Father in China, and the Babies Caught in Between.”
New York Magazine: “Whose babies are these? A Chinese man hired a Florida surrogate, then didn't pick up his kids, sparking a custody battle that could upend the industry.”
run major stories about birth tourism since I last brought this to the floor. We cannot ignore it anymore, and we know it is not a conspiracy theory.
types of people that could have surrogates—can get American birthright citizenship for a child by contracting a surrogate in America. They don't even have to set foot in America. You can't make this stuff up. No sane country would ever allow this.
The threat is obvious: foreign adversaries having a backdoor to every privilege of being an American while spending no time—no time; they don't even have to show up in this country. And their kids are not being taught to love our country.
This threat isn't empty. Our laws are being leveraged by foreigners right now. Chinese billionaire Xu Bo, a member of the CCP, has allegedly fathered between 100 and 300 American children via surrogacy, with birthright citizenship. As of today, no Federal legislation exists to prevent this. Right now, Xu Bo's actions are completely legal. Do we think he is having American children and taking them back to China to make America better? Of course not.
but even worse, we are talking about child trafficking. These children are being treated like commodities instead of human beings.
We should all be asking ourselves: What happens to these children? Who raises them? What are they taught? What country are they taught to love? And what happens when they are old enough to return to the United States? Can they attend our universities? Can they serve in our military? Can they receive security clearances? Can they run for President? These are legitimate questions and a real vulnerability if we don't act on this today.
right now. A Chinese citizen contracted her to be a surrogate, and then he never showed up. Her sons are now almost 2. The “father” has never set foot on U.S. soil, but she is fighting tooth and nail to keep them in the only home they have ever known.
My bill fixes the problem by doing two things. First, it will invalidate commercial surrogacy contracts involving designated foreign adversaries—communist China, Iran, Russia, North Korea.
This is a very narrow bill. The bill is targeted at solving this exact problem
we are seeing today. It would mean people like Xu Bo cannot father American citizens while living in communist China and take them back to be raised by the CCP. It is going to protect women and children like Kyla Simpson and her two sons.
be allowed to buy it. This country, its sovereignty, and its future are worth protecting. Everyone in this Chamber should believe that and support this bill.
birth tourism since we last discussed it, and I hope all of my colleagues see the solution here: passing a very narrow bill, the SAFE KIDS Act.
on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 3101 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. Further, I ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
The Senator from California.
Mr. PADILLA. Mr. President, I object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard.
The Senator from Florida.
Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, this is not controversial. It is a national security bill that protects women and children.
American citizenship cannot be bought. It is precious and sacred, and it comes with duties. Think about it. Countless men and women have given their lives to make it mean something. We owe it to them and to future generations to keep this country safe and protect our citizenship from those who want to destroy us. That is why it can't just be raffled off to our enemies. We can't let our enemies turn our laws into weapons against the American people. We can't let them traffic children right under our noses on our own soil in the process.
Every Senator should be enraged that this is happening. Every Senator should support closing this dangerous loophole. That is why I am going to continue working with my colleagues to support the SAFE KIDS Act. If I have to keep coming down here and keep doing unanimous consents after we continue to see story after story, I am going to keep doing it. Mothers, children, and the American people deserve better.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.