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HR 375 112th Congress House

Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act

Official title: To limit the total value of Chinese goods that may be procured by the United States Government during a calendar year to not more than the total value of Unite… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To limit the total value of Chinese goods that may be procured by the United States Government during a calendar year to not more than the total value of United States goods procured by the Chinese Government if any during the preceding calendar year, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 20, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
Jan 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jan 20, 2011
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.
Jan 20, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 8, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to certify annually to Congress: (1) a determination of whether 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Kissell, Larry
· Apr 12, 2011
GREEN, GENE
· Jan 20, 2011
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 20, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 375: Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-375/
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"H.R. 375: Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-375/.
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H.R. 375, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-375/.
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