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Proposed Legislation on U.S. Leadership in Space Addresses U.S.-China Competition
Republican Congressman Randy Weber of Texas has introduced H.R. 6391, the U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2021. The legislation has several sections that specifically address competition with China in matters related to outer space.
2020 Defense Bill Provision on U.S. Purchases of BYD Electric Buses Comes Into Effect
As part of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for 2020 (the annual U.S. defense spending bill), which became law on December 20, 2019, there was a provision designed to restrict Chinese-owned companies from selling rail cars or buses to be used in U.S. transit. As Roll
U.S. Defense Bill Prohibits Certain Procurement from Xinjiang Region
In the $768 billion
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/defense-spending-bill.html] U.S.
defense spending bill that Congress recently passed (National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, H.R.4350
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4350]), there is a
provision that prohibits the
U.S. House and Senate Agree To Compromise Legislation on Uyghur Forced Labor Import Ban
Having previously passed slightly different versions of legislation designed to
address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] and
here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/]
), the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have now reached a compromise
and drafted legislation that
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
In a 428-1 vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021412?BillNum=H.R.1155] the "Uyghur Forced
Labor Prevention Act
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text]," which is
intended to "[e]nsur[e] that goods made
Proposed U.S. CVD Legislation Addresses Chinese Subsidies in Foreign Countries
On December 2, U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH)
introduced legislation, H.R.6121
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6121?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22terri+sewell%22%2C%22terri%22%2C%22sewell%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=1]
, called
New Congressional Legislation Addresses "U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China"
Two Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee – Darin LaHood (IL)
and Carol Miller (WV) – have introduced the U.S. Trade Leadership in the
Indo-Pacific and China Act
[https://lahood.house.gov/_cache/files/e/7/e725cb55-8d7b-4fa6-ab06-459ff091963a/FB7BEE3A17EBE9498B7064B9DB2F714B.millwv-033-xml.pdf]
. The bill has two parts, one addressing the
