[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9093 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9093
To require a report regarding the scope of efforts by the People's
Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party to utilize the Belt and
Road Initiative to undermine the United States-led international world
order and a detailed strategy regarding how the United States
Government intends to counter such Initiative, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 2, 2026
Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To require a report regarding the scope of efforts by the People's
Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party to utilize the Belt and
Road Initiative to undermine the United States-led international world
order and a detailed strategy regarding how the United States
Government intends to counter such Initiative, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Build Responsible Infrastructure
Development for the Global Economy Act'' or the ``BRIDGE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The BRI, enshrined in the CCP's constitution, is a
comprehensive, long-term economic development strategy founded
by General Secretary and President Xi Jinping to link regions
worldwide through multibillion infrastructure projects. The CCP
utilizes the BRI's informal framework as a vehicle to establish
a Sinocentric world order based on its authoritarian model of
governance.
(2) The BRI poses immediate and long-term risks to the
national security, economic security, and international
influence of the United States and our partners by giving the
PRC the ability to project power more widely in geostrategic
regions such as the Indo-Pacific. The BRI, covering countries
representing over half of the world's population and over one-
third of global economic output, seeks to pull nations into
China's geopolitical orbit. In its second decade, the BRI's
long-term risks have begun to materialize in cases such as Sri
Lanka's Hambantota Port debt restructuring and Pakistan's
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor cost overruns, while Italy's
December 2023 withdrawal demonstrates that allied coordination
can reverse BRI accession.
(3) Although the United States Government has taken steps
to respond to the BRI, including through the Partnership for
Global Infrastructure and Investment, the reauthorization and
expansion of the United States International Development
Finance Corporation under the DFC Modernization and
Reauthorization Act of 2025, and the America First Investment
Policy memorandum, the United States has not yet articulated a
single, integrated, government-wide strategy to counter the
BRI, leaving Beijing room to leverage its regional inroads
worldwide through the BRI and other PRC-alternative
institutions to achieve global preeminence.
(4) The United States should not underestimate the
significance of the BRI and establish a coherent, government-
wide strategy that effectively seeks to counter China's
economic and political scope and influence through the BRI.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States to counter efforts by the PRC
and the CCP to create an integrated economic and political order under
its leadership, which continues to threaten the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
SEC. 4. REPORT REGARDING THE SCOPE OF CERTAIN EFFORTS BY THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY WITH
RESPECT TO THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary of Commerce, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States
International Development Finance Corporation, and the heads of any
other relevant Federal department or agency, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the
following:
(1) Information relating to the scope of efforts by the PRC
and CCP to utilize the BRI to undermine the United States-led
international world order.
(2) Information relating to the means and objectives of the
PRC and the CCP in using the BRI as a vehicle to create a
parallel order of alternative PRC-centric organizations.
(3) An assessment of current United States Government tools
and strategies to counter the BRI.
(4) A detailed strategy regarding how the Department of
State, the United States International Development Finance
Corporation, and the Department of Commerce intend to
coordinate its resources to counter the BRI, including the
foreign assistance functions formerly administered by the
United States Agency for International Development that have
been transferred to the Department of State. Such strategy
shall include the following:
(A) A description of interagency efforts to counter
the BRI, together with recommendations on how to
bolster the United States Government's economic
competition against China.
(B) An assessment of past efforts by the United
States Government to mitigate the effects of BRI, as
well as the gaps in current United States Government
policy and implementation.
(C) A timeline that holds the United States
Government accountable in planning and executing such
strategy.
(D) A strategic roadmap that details how the United
States Government will link such strategy to broader
national security priorities and objectives, including
the National Security Strategy and the National Defense
Strategy.
(E) A description that elaborates how the United
States Government will align strategic planning and
coordination with key allies and partners to
effectively respond to the BRI, particularly in the
Indo-Pacific.
(b) Implementation Plan.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with
the Secretary of Commerce, the Chief Executive Officer of the United
States International Development Finance Corporation, and the heads of
any other relevant Federal department and agency, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a plan for implementing the
strategy described in subsection (a)(4), including the following:
(1) A description of clearly defined program metrics,
goals, targets, and planned outcomes for such strategy.
(2) A plan to monitor and evaluate such strategy, and
progress made toward achieving such goals, targets, and planned
outcomes.
(3) A plan to ensure such strategy is promoting United
States foreign policy goals in the Indo-Pacific by offering a
positive vision for shared economic and infrastructure growth
in a free and open international order.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted
in unclassified form but may include a classified annex if necessary.
The unclassified portion of such report shall be made available on a
publicly available internet website of the Federal Government.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) BRI.--The term ``BRI'' means the Belt and Road
Initiative of the CCP.
(2) CCP.--The term ``CCP'' means the Chinese Communist
Party.
(3) China; prc.--The terms ``China'' and ``PRC'' mean the
People's Republic of China.
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