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Countering Communist China Act

USA117th CongressHR-4792| House 
| Updated: 9/3/2021
Jim Banks

Jim Banks

Republican Representative

Indiana

Cosponsors (55)
Dusty Johnson (Republican)Doug LaMalfa (Republican)Diana Harshbarger (Republican)Bob Good (Republican)David Kustoff (Republican)Clay Higgins (Republican)Yvette Herrell (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Tim Burchett (Republican)Mike Johnson (Republican)Guy Reschenthaler (Republican)Ashley Hinson (Republican)Mike Garcia (Republican)Gregory F. Murphy (Republican)Warren Davidson (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican)Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican)Lance Gooden (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Beth Van Duyne (Republican)David Rouzer (Republican)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Ken Calvert (Republican)J. French Hill (Republican)Ronny Jackson (Republican)Andy Barr (Republican)Jodey C. Arrington (Republican)Joe Wilson (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Jake Ellzey (Republican)Roger Williams (Republican)Kat Cammack (Republican)Cliff Bentz (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)Austin Scott (Republican)Scott Fitzgerald (Republican)Mark E. Green (Republican)Madison Cawthorn (Republican)Mary E. Miller (Republican)Lisa C. McClain (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)John W. Rose (Republican)Vicky Hartzler (Republican)Dan Crenshaw (Republican)Randy Feenstra (Republican)Kevin Hern (Republican)Burgess Owens (Republican)Ben Cline (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)Fred Keller (Republican)
Committees (19)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Agriculture Committee• Rules Committee• Trade Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Armed Services Committee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Countering Communist China Act This bill addresses issues related to China, tax incentives, and other topics. The bill imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain entities and individuals that (1) are involved in acts of malign disinformation on behalf of a foreign government or political party, or (2) have engaged in a pattern of significant infringement of intellectual property belonging to a U.S. entity or individual. It also authorizes sanctions on developers and owners of software that makes unauthorized transmissions of user data to servers that are located in China and are accessible by China's government. The bill also provides tax incentives for relocating pharmaceutical, medical supply, or medical device manufacturing to the United States, including by allowing accelerated depreciation of nonresidential real property acquired in connection with such relocation; eliminates the five-year amortization requirement for research and experimental expenditures scheduled to begin in 2022, thus allowing continued expensing of such expenditures in the taxable years in which they are incurred; prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving certain federal funds if the institution has a contractual partnership with an entity controlled by China's government or organized under China's laws; modifies presumptions and evidentiary standards in administrative patent validity challenges; bars China from asserting sovereign immunity in certain instances; requires U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to take certain actions, such as opposing any increase to the weight given to China's currency when determining the value of IMF Special Drawing Rights; and permanently rescinds unobligated funds previously made available for certain economic relief programs related to COVID-19.
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Timeline
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Agriculture, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jul 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
Sep 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  • July 29, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • July 29, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Agriculture, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • July 29, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.


  • July 30, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.


  • July 30, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • August 4, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.


  • September 3, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 117-4887: To amend section 1603 of title 28, United States Code, to except the People's Republic of China as a defined foreign state.
  • HR 117-3049: No Communist Countries Participating in Lobbying Act
  • HR 117-4912: CCP Businesses Registered Agent Act
  • HR 117-1094: Safe Career Transitions for Intelligence and National Security Professionals
  • HR 117-4840: End Misleading Cultural Exchanges Act
  • S 117-1800: Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2021
  • HR 117-1304: American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2021
  • S 117-3038: Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2021
  • HR 117-3343: Protecting America From Spies Act
  • HR 117-4868: TIGER Act
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Countering Communist China Act

USA117th CongressHR-4792| House 
| Updated: 9/3/2021
Countering Communist China Act This bill addresses issues related to China, tax incentives, and other topics. The bill imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain entities and individuals that (1) are involved in acts of malign disinformation on behalf of a foreign government or political party, or (2) have engaged in a pattern of significant infringement of intellectual property belonging to a U.S. entity or individual. It also authorizes sanctions on developers and owners of software that makes unauthorized transmissions of user data to servers that are located in China and are accessible by China's government. The bill also provides tax incentives for relocating pharmaceutical, medical supply, or medical device manufacturing to the United States, including by allowing accelerated depreciation of nonresidential real property acquired in connection with such relocation; eliminates the five-year amortization requirement for research and experimental expenditures scheduled to begin in 2022, thus allowing continued expensing of such expenditures in the taxable years in which they are incurred; prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving certain federal funds if the institution has a contractual partnership with an entity controlled by China's government or organized under China's laws; modifies presumptions and evidentiary standards in administrative patent validity challenges; bars China from asserting sovereign immunity in certain instances; requires U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to take certain actions, such as opposing any increase to the weight given to China's currency when determining the value of IMF Special Drawing Rights; and permanently rescinds unobligated funds previously made available for certain economic relief programs related to COVID-19.
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Timeline
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Agriculture, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jul 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
Sep 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  • July 29, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • July 29, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Agriculture, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • July 29, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.


  • July 30, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.


  • July 30, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • August 4, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.


  • September 3, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jim Banks

Jim Banks

Republican Representative

Indiana

Cosponsors (55)
Dusty Johnson (Republican)Doug LaMalfa (Republican)Diana Harshbarger (Republican)Bob Good (Republican)David Kustoff (Republican)Clay Higgins (Republican)Yvette Herrell (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Tim Burchett (Republican)Mike Johnson (Republican)Guy Reschenthaler (Republican)Ashley Hinson (Republican)Mike Garcia (Republican)Gregory F. Murphy (Republican)Warren Davidson (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican)Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican)Lance Gooden (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Beth Van Duyne (Republican)David Rouzer (Republican)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Ken Calvert (Republican)J. French Hill (Republican)Ronny Jackson (Republican)Andy Barr (Republican)Jodey C. Arrington (Republican)Joe Wilson (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Jake Ellzey (Republican)Roger Williams (Republican)Kat Cammack (Republican)Cliff Bentz (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)Austin Scott (Republican)Scott Fitzgerald (Republican)Mark E. Green (Republican)Madison Cawthorn (Republican)Mary E. Miller (Republican)Lisa C. McClain (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)John W. Rose (Republican)Vicky Hartzler (Republican)Dan Crenshaw (Republican)Randy Feenstra (Republican)Kevin Hern (Republican)Burgess Owens (Republican)Ben Cline (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)Fred Keller (Republican)
Committees (19)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Agriculture Committee• Rules Committee• Trade Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Armed Services Committee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 117-4887: To amend section 1603 of title 28, United States Code, to except the People's Republic of China as a defined foreign state.
  • HR 117-3049: No Communist Countries Participating in Lobbying Act
  • HR 117-4912: CCP Businesses Registered Agent Act
  • HR 117-1094: Safe Career Transitions for Intelligence and National Security Professionals
  • HR 117-4840: End Misleading Cultural Exchanges Act
  • S 117-1800: Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2021
  • HR 117-1304: American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2021
  • S 117-3038: Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2021
  • HR 117-3343: Protecting America From Spies Act
  • HR 117-4868: TIGER Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsArms control and nonproliferationAsiaBusiness expensesBusiness investment and capitalCardiovascular and respiratory healthCell biology and embryologyChemical and biological weaponsChinaCivil actions and liabilityCongressional committeesCongressional operations and organizationCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEspionage and treasonEuropeFamily relationshipsForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international corporationsFraud offenses and financial crimesFreedom of informationGeneticsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment liabilityGovernment studies and investigationsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesImmigration status and proceduresImmunology and vaccinationIncome tax deductionsIndustrial facilitiesInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternational organizations and cooperationIranLicensing and registrationsManufacturingMaterialsMedical researchMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentNorth KoreaPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic contracts and procurementResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentRule of law and government transparencyRussiaSanctionsSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsStrategic materials and reservesSubversive activitiesSyriaTaiwanTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade restrictionsVisas and passportsWar and emergency powersWorld health