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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1165
5	5	To require the United States Trade Representative to regularly monitor
6	6	industrial subsidies provided by the Government of the People’s Republic
7	7	of China and submit a report on the risks posed by those subsidies,
8	8	and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	MARCH27, 2025
11	11	Ms. H
12	12	ASSAN(for herself and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill;
13	13	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To require the United States Trade Representative to regu-
16	16	larly monitor industrial subsidies provided by the Govern-
17	17	ment of the People’s Republic of China and submit a
18	18	report on the risks posed by those subsidies, and for
19	19	other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthen American 4
24	24	Competitiveness Against Harmful Subsidies Act of 2025’’. 5
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28	28	SEC. 2. MONITORING BY UNITED STATES TRADE REP-1
29	29	RESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL SUBSIDIES 2
30	30	PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE’S 3
31	31	REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 4
32	32	(a) M
33	33	ONITORING.—The United States Trade Rep-5
34	34	resentative, in coordination with the entities specified in 6
35	35	subsection (b), shall regularly monitor— 7
36	36	(1) industrial subsidies provided by the Govern-8
37	37	ment of the People’s Republic of China; and 9
38	38	(2) plans by the Government of the People’s 10
39	39	Republic of China to implement new industrial sub-11
40	40	sidies or expand existing industrial subsidies. 12
41	41	(b) E
42	42	NTITIESSPECIFIED.—The entities specified in 13
43	43	this subsection are the following: 14
44	44	(1) The Bureau of Economics and Business Af-15
45	45	fairs of the Department of State. 16
46	46	(2) The United States and Foreign Commercial 17
47	47	Service of the Department of Commerce (established 18
48	48	by section 2301 of the Export Enhancement Act of 19
49	49	1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721)). 20
50	50	(3) The International Trade Administration of 21
51	51	the Department of Commerce (other than the 22
52	52	United States and Foreign Commercial Service). 23
53	53	(4) The Foreign Agricultural Service of the De-24
54	54	partment of Agriculture. 25
55	55	(5) The Small Business Administration. 26
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59	59	(6) Any other department or agency of the Fed-1
60	60	eral Government, as determined by the President. 2
61	61	SEC. 3. REPORTING BY UNITED STATES TRADE REP-3
62	62	RESENTATIVE ON RISKS POSED BY INDUS-4
63	63	TRIAL SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY GOVERN-5
64	64	MENT OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 6
65	65	(a) R
66	66	EPORTING.—Not later than one year after the 7
67	67	date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 8
68	68	the United States Trade Representative, in coordination 9
69	69	with the entities specified in subsection (b), shall submit 10
70	70	to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com-11
71	71	mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-12
72	72	tives a report that— 13
73	73	(1) identifies current and expected industrial 14
74	74	subsidies provided by the Government of the Peo-15
75	75	ple’s Republic of China that pose significant risk 16
76	76	to— 17
77	77	(A) employment in the United States, in-18
78	78	cluding employment in strategically critical in-19
79	79	dustries; and 20
80	80	(B) manufacturing in the United States, 21
81	81	including production of strategically critical 22
82	82	goods; and 23
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86	86	(2) recommends legislative, administrative, or 1
87	87	other actions that could mitigate the risks posed by 2
88	88	industrial subsidies identified in paragraph (1). 3
89	89	(b) E
90	90	NTITIESSPECIFIED.—The entities specified in 4
91	91	this subsection are the following: 5
92	92	(1) The Bureau of Economics and Business Af-6
93	93	fairs of the Department of State. 7
94	94	(2) The United States Agency for International 8
95	95	Development. 9
96	96	(3) The United States and Foreign Commercial 10
97	97	Service of the Department of Commerce (established 11
98	98	by section 2301 of the Export Enhancement Act of 12
99	99	1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721)). 13
100	100	(4) The Industry and Analysis unit and the En-14
101	101	forcement and Compliance unit of the International 15
102	102	Trade Administration of the Department of Com-16
103	103	merce. 17
104	104	(5) The Bureau of Industry and Security of the 18
105	105	Department of Commerce. 19
106	106	(6) The Small Business Administration. 20
107	107	(7) The Department of Labor. 21
108	108	(8) The Department of Transportation. 22
109	109	(9) The Department of Energy. 23
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113	113	(10) Any other department or agency of the 1
114	114	Federal Government, as determined by the Presi-2
115	115	dent. 3
116	116	(c) D
117	117	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
118	118	(1) C
119	119	RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 5
120	120	‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that 6
121	121	term in the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act 7
122	122	of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c). 8
123	123	(2) K
124	124	EY TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREAS .—The 9
125	125	term ‘‘key technology focus areas’’ means the key 10
126	126	technology focus areas included in the list required 11
127	127	under section 10387(a)(2) of the Research and De-12
128	128	velopment, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 13
129	129	U.S.C. 19107(a)(2)). 14
130	130	(3) S
131	131	TRATEGICALLY CRITICAL GOOD .—The 15
132	132	term ‘‘strategically critical good’’ means any raw, in 16
133	133	process, or manufactured material (including any 17
134	134	mineral, metal, or advanced processed material), ar-18
135	135	ticle, commodity, supply, product, or item of supply 19
136	136	the absence of which would have a significant effect 20
137	137	on— 21
138	138	(A) the national security or economic secu-22
139	139	rity of the United States; and 23
140	140	(B) critical infrastructure. 24
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144	144	(4) STRATEGICALLY CRITICAL INDUSTRY .—The 1
145	145	term ‘‘strategically critical industry’’ means an in-2
146	146	dustry that is critical for the national security or 3
147	147	economic security of the United States, considering 4
148	148	key technology focus areas and critical infrastruc-5
149	149	ture. 6
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