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Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act

Introduced: July 2, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Jul 2, 2020
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Preventing China from Exploiting COVID-19 Act

This bill 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.

What's happening now July 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Aug 18, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2020
Lipinski, Daniel
· Jul 6, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jul 2, 2020
Crist, Charlie
· Jul 2, 2020
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Golden, Jared F.
Maine · Jul 2, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Jul 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7484: Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7484/
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"H.R. 7484: Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7484/.
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