H.R. 9093

[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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