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HR 9093 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

BRIDGE Act

In plain language: This legislation requires federal agencies, led by the State Department, to create a unified strategy to counter China’s international Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The plan directs the government to align foreign aid, commercial tools, and development financing with allied countries to offer competitive alternatives for global infrastructure projects. Within a year, agencies must publish measurable targets and timelines to track how effectively U.S. investments are countering Chinese economic and political influence, particularly across the Indo-Pacific region.

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People affected—not determinable from the text provided; the bill directs internal executive agency reporting and planning without directly targeting or regulating a measurable population
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Aid & alliances+16

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • The publicGains access to the unclassified portion of the interagency counter-BRI report, which must be published on a public federal government website.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of StateMust coordinate with other federal agencies to prepare and submit a 180-day report and strategy to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative, produce a one-year implementation plan, and publish the unclassified report online.provisional
  • Department of CommerceMust coordinate with the Department of State and the International Development Finance Corporation to develop the 180-day counter-BRI strategy and report, as well as the one-year implementation plan.provisional
  • U.S. International Development Finance CorporationMust coordinate with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce to develop the interagency report, counter-BRI strategy, and one-year implementation plan.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, to submit an interagency report and strategy to Congress within 180 days to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and to publish the unclassified portion on a public federal website.

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  2. Requires the Secretary of State and partner agencies to submit a plan to Congress within one year to implement the counter-BRI strategy, including program metrics, progress-monitoring systems, and foreign policy objectives in the Indo-Pacific.

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jun 2, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  2. Jun 2, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Jun 2, 2026Introduced in House

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Sources & provenance

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