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Senator Introduces Bill To "Increase Scrutiny over Chinese Investments on U.S. Soil"
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced the Exposing China’s Belt and Road
Investment in America Act of 2021
[https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7/7/7761c7c8-1f5b-4b82-b32e-59d86cee0f9a/9C39928D30260C3333F460C163265018.ros21g09.pdf]
, which he said
[https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/2021/10/kennedy-introduces-bill-to-increase-scrutiny-over-chinese-investments-on-u-s-soil]
is designed "to review
New Congressional Bill Targets Chinese Economic Coercion
A new bipartisan bill
[https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Rep.%20Bera%20Economic%20Coercion%20Bill.pdf]
(H.R. 5580 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5580])
introduced on October 15 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ami Bera
(D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and
Congress Considers Legislation To Push Back Against Chinese Telecoms Equipment in Central/Eastern Europe
Both the U.S. Senate and House are considering legislation that attempts to push
Central and Eastern European countries away from using Chinese telecoms
equipment such as that of Huawei or ZTE. The Senate bill was just recently
introduced; the House bill was introduced in May and could undergo a
Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill With Requirement for Report on Forced Labor in China in Electric Vehicle Sector
Today the U.S. Senate passed a long-awaited $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill,
called the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
[https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr3684/BILLS-117hr3684eas.pdf]." One
provision in this bill is of particular interest for trade with China, as it
requires a report within
Republican Senators Introduce Legislation To End Development Bank Assistance for China
Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and 17 of his Republican colleagues have introduced
legislation [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2587/text]
(S.2587) that would put an end to assistance to China by multilateral
development banks. The logic behind the legislation is that China has grown
enough economically that
Proposed Legislation Would Restrict American Rescue Plan Funds from Being Used to Purchase Chinese Telecoms Equipment
Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have introduced legislation
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2474/text] entitled
the "American Telecommunications Security Act" that they say would "prohibit
federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to purchase
Chinese telecommunications equipment,
Legislation Introduced in the House of Representatives to Prevent Members of the CCP from Buying U.S. Land
On June 11, Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the “Securing America’s Land
from Foreign Interference Act.” As he put it
[https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-roy-introduces-legislation-bar-china-buying-american-land]
in a press release, the goal is “to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
from owning land in the United States.” He
