I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2271 
To prohibit the awarding of contracts by the Federal Government to Chinese 
entities until the People’s Republic of China signs the WTO Agreement 
on Government Procurement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2011 
Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit the awarding of contracts by the Federal Govern-
ment to Chinese entities until the People’s Republic of 
China signs the WTO Agreement on Government Pro-
curement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Agreement on Government Procure-
ment (GPA) is a plurilateral agreement among 41 
members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 
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that provides reciprocal market access for certain 
government procurement projects. 
(2) Members of the GPA submit schedules con-
taining lists of covered government entities, as well 
as goods and services that are open to bidding by 
firms of the other GPA members. 
(3) The People’s Republic of China became an 
official observer of the GPA committee in February 
2002, and formally applied for GPA membership in 
December 2007, when it submitted its first offer. 
(4) The United States, along with several other 
major GPA parties, deemed China’s accession bid 
unacceptable. 
(5) China submitted a follow-up bid to join the 
GPA on July 9, 2010, that was viewed as an im-
provement from its previous offer, but was ulti-
mately unacceptable to all GPA members, in part 
because the Chinese offer excluded purchases by 
local and provincial governments as well as state- 
owned enterprises. 
(6) Chinese entities continue to be awarded 
United States Government contracts, despite not 
being a party to the GPA. 
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(7) Concerns remain over China’s alleged dis-
criminatory procurement practices and policies 
against foreign firms. 
(8) China estimated its public procurement 
market at $110,000,000,000 in 2009. 
(9) The United States Department of Com-
merce estimated the Chinese public procurement 
market could be as high as $200,000,000,000 or 
more in its report entitled ‘‘Doing Business in 
China, 2011 Country Commercial Guide for United 
States Companies’’. 
(10) The European Chamber of Commerce’s re-
port, ‘‘Public Procurement in China: European 
Business Experiences Competing for Public Con-
tracts in China’’ found that ‘‘China’s overall public 
procurement market could be worth over 7 trillion 
RMB. FIEs (Foreign Invested Enterprise) com-
peting for this market face numerous significant 
non-market challenges’’. 
(11) Congress urges the Chinese Government to 
end these discriminatory practices against United 
States businesses. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No department or agency of the 
United States may enter into any contract with any Chi-
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nese entity for the procurement of goods or services until 
the Peoples Republic of China becomes a signatory to the 
Agreement on Government Procurement. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGREEMENT
ON
GOVERNMENT
PROCURE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement on Government Pro-
curement’’ means the Agreement on Government 
Procurement referred to in section 101(d)(17) of the 
Uruguay 
Round 
Agreements 
Act 
(19 
U.S.C. 
3511(d)(17). 
(2) CHINESE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Chinese en-
tity’’ means any entity— 
(A) which is located in the People’s Repub-
lic of China; and 
(B) the majority of the equity or other 
ownership interests of which are owned or con-
trolled by the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China or by Chinese nationals. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Section 2 applies to contracts entered into on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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