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Reciprocal Government Procurement with China Creates American Jobs Act

Introduced: May 13, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
May 17, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 14, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
May 14, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 13, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
May 13, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 13, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
May 13, 2010
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
May 13, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reciprocal Government Procurement with China Creates American Jobs Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to certify annually to Congress: (1) a determination of whether or not the Chinese government has prohibited its procurement of U.S. goods during the preceding calendar year; and (2) the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinesse government during that year, if the Chinese government has not prohibited such procurement.

Prohibits the head of each executive agency from awarding a contract for the procurement of Chinese goods during the succeeding calendar year if the Chinese government has prohibited procurement of U.S. goods during the preceding calendar year.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in such an instance, to prohibit a state or other entity from using funds made available to it from the Highway Trust Fund or the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the award of a contract for the procurement of Chinese goods during the succeeding calendar year.

Limits the total value of Chinese goods that may be procured by the U.S. government during the succeeding calendar year to the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese Government during the preceding calendar year, if in fact the Chinese government has not prohibited its procurement of U.S. goods during that preceding calendar year.

Directs the International Trade Administration to establish a program to: (1) identify annually the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese government; and (2) provide notice in the Federal Register on or as soon as practicable after the date on which the total value of Chinese goods procured by the U.S. government equals 50%, 75%, and 100% of the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese government during the preceding calendar year, for purposes of compliance with the limitation required by this Act.

What's happening now May 26, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 24, 2010
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 15, 2010
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 13, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5312: Reciprocal Government Procurement with China Creates American Jobs Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5312/
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"H.R. 5312: Reciprocal Government Procurement with China Creates American Jobs Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5312/.
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