Docket HopperPart I · Bills · 119th H.R. 1504
H.R. 1504 · 119th CongressForeign Trade and International Finance

China Trade Relations Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 21, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans

Sponsored by Smith, Christopher H. R-NJ · 2 cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 2 Republicans
IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 116 words.

China Trade Relations Act of 2025 This bill withdraws normal trade relations treatment from China and expands the bases of ineligibility for this treatment to include specified violations of human rights and other actions by China. Specifically, during any period in which China engages in specified activities (e.g., performing forced abortion or sterilization or operating concentration camps where people are held against their will) or does not comply with certain standards (1) products from China shall not be eligible to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations), (2) China may not participate in any U.S. program that extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, and (3) the President may not conclude any commercial agreement with China.

Context
Committees
House Rules Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance: 15 of 908 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.7%)
Sponsor
15 of 282 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in house · 1,699 words
Subjects
AsiaChinaCongressional oversightCongressional-executive branch relationsHuman rightsLegislative rules and procedure +5 more
Latest action
Feb 21, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]