BRIDGE Act

This bill would require the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of Commerce, the head of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and other federal agencies, to send Congress a report within 180 days on China's Belt and Road Initiative. The report would describe China's goals and methods under the Initiative, assess current U.S. tools to counter it, and lay out a U.S. strategy with a timeline and plans for working with allies, especially in the Indo-Pacific. Within one year, the same officials would have to submit a plan for carrying out the strategy, including goals, metrics, and monitoring. The unclassified part of the report would be posted on a public federal website. The bill also states that it is U.S. policy to counter China's efforts to build an economic and political order under its leadership.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Scott Fitzgerald Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors