HR 4792 United States House · 117th Congress

Countering Communist China Act

Summary
Countering Communist China Act This bill addresses issues related to China, tax incentives, and other topics. The bill imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain entities and individuals that (1) are involved in acts of malign disinformation on behalf of a foreign government or political party, or (2) have engaged in a pattern of significant infringement of intellectual property belonging to a U.S. entity or individual. It also authorizes sanctions on developers and owners of software that makes unauthorized transmissions of user data to servers that are located in China and are accessible by China's government. The bill also provides tax incentives for relocating pharmaceutical, medical supply, or medical device manufacturing to the United States, including by allowing accelerated depreciation of nonresidential real property acquired in connection with such relocation; eliminates the five-year amortization requirement for research and experimental expenditures scheduled to begin in 2022, thus allowing continued expensing of such expenditures in the taxable years in which they are incurred; prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving certain federal funds if the institution has a contractual partnership with an entity controlled by China's government or organized under China's laws; modifies presumptions and evidentiary standards in administrative patent validity challenges; bars China from asserting sovereign immunity in certain instances; requires U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to take certain actions, such as opposing any increase to the weight given to China's currency when determining the value of IMF Special Drawing Rights; and permanently rescinds unobligated funds previously made available for certain economic relief programs related to COVID-19.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 29, 2021 Last action Sep 3, 2021
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Committee
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Sep 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
lower
Aug 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
lower
Jul 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
Jul 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jul 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
lower
Jul 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Agriculture, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, 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.
lower
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 55 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jim Banks
Jim Banks
RRepublican
IN
n/a
Co
Photo of Andy Barr
Andy Barr
RRepublican
KY
6
Co
Photo of Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
RRepublican
IA
2
Co
Photo of Austin Scott
Austin Scott
RRepublican
GA
8
Co
Photo of Ben Cline
Ben Cline
RRepublican
VA
6
Co
Photo of Beth Van Duyne
Beth Van Duyne
RRepublican
TX
24
Co
Photo of Bob Good
Bob Good
RRepublican
VA
5
Co
Photo of Brian Babin
Brian Babin
RRepublican
TX
36
Co
Photo of Burgess Owens
Burgess Owens
RRepublican
UT
4
Co
Photo of Carlos A. Gimenez
Carlos A. Gimenez
RRepublican
FL
28
Co
Photo of Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
NY
24