US Congress House Bill 7484 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on July 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Pending: House Intelligence Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on efforts by China's government to exploit the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic to advance its national security and foreign policy interests. The report shall contain elements including (1) an assessment of Chinese government efforts to retaliate against countries seeking an inquiry into China's role in the spread of COVID-19, (2) a description of Chinese economic aid or medical assistance to countries affected by COVID-19 and how such activities may affect Chinese and U.S. foreign policy interests, and (3) an identification of different ways the Chinese government may be using the global disruption caused by COVID-19 to more aggressively pursue long-standing domestic and foreign policy objectives.

Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act

Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
2020-07-02	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7484/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7484/BILLS-116hr7484ih.pdf