Tensions escalate as the US House of Representatives approves a sweeping funding bill laced with security clamps on China. Export controls get supercharged, trade violations face stiffer penalties, government tech spending demands ironclad checks, and cooperative ventures in vital fields are throttled back.
At the heart, a $44 million uplift for the Bureau of Industry and Security hits $235 million total, designed to staunch the bleed of cutting-edge US tech to Beijing. Anti-dumping enforcement nets $16.4 million to defend workers and factories from dumped goods.
Agencies from Commerce and Justice to NASA and NSF must scrutinize every IT buy for China-tainted risks in supply chains and cybersecurity—no exceptions.
No more easy partnerships: Congressional approval is now prerequisite for NASA or OSTP ties to China. Official trips? Detailed quarterly debriefs to Congress on motives and attendees.
Energy fortifications ban SPR crude to the CCP, lock out Chinese/Russian access to nuclear production, and bar Energy Department funding to foreign threats.
The omnibus covers Commerce-Justice-Interior, NASA, engineers, EPA. Rep. John Moolenaar, steering the US-China rivalry committee, called it a pivotal advance in export policing, trade rectification, and resource protection against China’s ‘authoritarian ambitions.’
Crafted by experts tracking economic-tech-security frictions, the bill advances derisking strategies. It heralds a new era where America prioritizes self-reliance, closing doors exploited by adversaries and bolstering long-term strategic edges.