119-s1165

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1165 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1165

To require the United States Trade Representative to regularly monitor 
 industrial subsidies provided by the Government of the People's 
 Republic of China and submit a report on the risks posed by those 
 subsidies, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 27, 2025

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

To require the United States Trade Representative to regularly monitor 
 industrial subsidies provided by the Government of the People's 
 Republic of China and submit a report on the risks posed by those 
 subsidies, 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 ``Strengthen American Competitiveness 
Against Harmful Subsidies Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MONITORING BY UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL 
 SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
 CHINA.

    (a) Monitoring.--The United States Trade Representative, in 
coordination with the entities specified in subsection

    (b) , shall 
regularly monitor--

    (1) industrial subsidies provided by the Government of the 
 People's Republic of China; and

    (2) plans by the Government of the People's Republic of 
 China to implement new industrial subsidies or expand existing 
 industrial subsidies.

    (b) Entities Specified.--The entities specified in this subsection 
are the following:

    (1) The Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs of the 
 Department of State.

    (2) The United States and Foreign Commercial Service of the 
 Department of Commerce (established by 

section 2301 of the 
 Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721)).

    (3) The International Trade Administration of the 
 Department of Commerce (other than the United States and 
 Foreign Commercial Service).

    (4) The Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of 
 Agriculture.

    (5) The Small Business Administration.

    (6) Any other department or agency of the Federal 
 Government, as determined by the President.

SEC. 3. REPORTING BY UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ON RISKS POSED 
 BY INDUSTRIAL SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT OF 
 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) Reporting.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the United States Trade 
Representative, in coordination with the entities specified in 
subsection

    (b) , shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a 
report that--

    (1) identifies current and expected industrial subsidies 
 provided by the Government of the People's Republic of China 
 that pose significant risk to--
        (A) employment in the United States, including 
 employment in strategically critical industries; and
        (B) manufacturing in the United States, including 
 production of strategically critical goods; and

    (2) recommends legislative, administrative, or other 
 actions that could mitigate the risks posed by industrial 
 subsidies identified in paragraph

    (1) .

    (b) Entities Specified.--The entities specified in this subsection 
are the following:

    (1) The Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs of the 
 Department of State.

    (2) The United States Agency for International Development.

    (3) The United States and Foreign Commercial Service of the 
 Department of Commerce (established by 

section 2301 of the 
 Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721)).

    (4) The Industry and Analysis unit and the Enforcement and 
 Compliance unit of the International Trade Administration of 
 the Department of Commerce.

    (5) The Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department 
 of Commerce.

    (6) The Small Business Administration.

    (7) The Department of Labor.

    (8) The Department of Transportation.

    (9) The Department of Energy.

    (10) Any other department or agency of the Federal 
 Government, as determined by the President.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Critical infrastructure.--The term ``critical 
 infrastructure'' has the meaning given that term in the 
 Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 
 5195c).

    (2) Key technology focus areas.--The term ``key technology 
 focus areas'' means the key technology focus areas included in 
 the list required under 

section 10387

    (a)

    (2) of the Research and 
 Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 
 19107

    (a)

    (2) ).

    (3) Strategically critical good.--The term ``strategically 
 critical good'' means any raw, in process, or manufactured 
 material (including any mineral, metal, or advanced processed 
 material), article, commodity, supply, product, or item of 
 supply the absence of which would have a significant effect 
 on--
        (A) the national security or economic security of 
 the United States; and
        (B) critical infrastructure.

    (4) Strategically critical industry.--The term 
 ``strategically critical industry'' means an industry that is 
 critical for the national security or economic security of the 
 United States, considering key technology focus areas and 
 critical infrastructure.
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