Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-11 - 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. [HB8683 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Bill Huizenga [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James Moylan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GU	N/A	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kelly Armstrong [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-ND	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Garland Barr [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KY-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Byron Donalds [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-19	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Zachary Nunn [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IA-3	N/A	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Lawler [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-17	N/A	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Costa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-21	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Christopher Smith [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Maria Salazar [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-27	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Bost [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Guest [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MS-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dean Phillips [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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