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HR 8683 118th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Asia China Congressional oversight Geography and mapping Navigation, waterways, harbors U.S. and foreign investments

To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 30, 2024 Introduced by: Huizenga, Bill Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 24, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 11, 2024
Introduced in House
Jun 11, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 2 Republican 11
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Kim, Young
California · Sep 24, 2024
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Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 24, 2024
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 23, 2024
Phillips, Dean
· Aug 30, 2024
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Bost, Mike
Illinois · Jun 27, 2024
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Costa, Jim
California · Jun 27, 2024
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Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Jun 27, 2024
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Jun 27, 2024
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Jun 27, 2024
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 27, 2024
 R
Lawler, Michael
New York · Jun 26, 2024
 R
Nunn, Zachary
Iowa · Jun 26, 2024
Armstrong, Kelly
· Jun 25, 2024
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Jun 25, 2024
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Jun 25, 2024
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Moylan, James C.
Guam · Jun 13, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8683: To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for other purposes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8683/
MLA
"H.R. 8683: To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for other purposes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8683/.
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H.R. 8683, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8683/.
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[H.R. 8683: To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8683/)
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