All three cited PRIMARY sources are reachable and support the ATTEMPTED rating; the cited quotes appear verbatim. (1) budd.senate.gov confirms verbatim "Budd Sponsors Bill to End China's Permanent Normal Trade Status" and that Budd sponsored the China Trade Relations Act while "The legislation was led by Senator Tom Cotton" — establishing Budd as a cosponsor, not lead author, and confirming the annual-review provision (MFN renewed yearly by presidential decision, Congress able to override by joint resolution of disapproval). (2) cotton.senate.gov confirms verbatim "Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill to End China's Permanent Normal Trade Status" with cosponsors Rick Scott, Ted Budd, and J.D. Vance, Cotton as lead, and the pre-2001 renewal mechanism. (3) The Cotton reintroduction release (Jan 23, 2025) confirms verbatim the Restoring Trade Fairness Act was reintroduced by Cotton, Banks, and Hawley — with Budd NOT listed — proving the original S.125 effort died and had to be reintroduced. Thus Budd genuinely took the promised action (co-sponsorship) but the promised OUTCOME (ending China's PNTR) was not achieved, and he was a supporting cosponsor rather than the leader. ATTEMPTED is accurate and does not overstate: not FULL (PNTR not ended) and not CHAMPIONED (sources show support, not leadership). The lone unsupported detail — the "S.125" bill number on source 2's page — sits inside a clearly-marked editorial annotation, is factually correct, and is not presented as a verbatim quote, so it does not undermine verification.