HR 12 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

CTF Act

Introduced Oct 20, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Kevin McCarthy R-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 21, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 20, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

China Task Force Act or the CTF Act

This bill enacts specified legislation related to China and other issues, including legislation (1) authorizing activities to counter the global malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party, (2) prohibiting certain imports from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there, (3) authorizing the Department of State to make publicly available certain records relating to a visa denial based on an alien's involvement in human rights violations, (4) authorizing the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to prioritize and advance global efforts to reduce marine debris and plastic waste, and (5) authorizing targets to increase total domestic wood growth for capturing and storing carbon.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAdam KinzingerOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-KYAndy BarrOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-OHAnthony GonzalezOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-UTChris StewartOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-VADenver RigglemanOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-OKFrank D. LucasOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-ORGreg WaldenOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-INJim BanksOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-PAJohn JoyceOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-UTJohn R. CurtisOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-TXKay GrangerOriginalOct 20, 2020
R-WYLiz CheneyOriginalOct 20, 2020
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  2. Oct 21, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  3. Oct 21, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  4. Oct 20, 2020Introduced in House
  5. Oct 20, 2020Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Education and Labor, the Budget, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Small Business, and Homeland Security, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

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  1. Oct 20, 2020Introduced in House

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