{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://riley.house.gov/2026/09/01/house-passes-riley-bill-to-crack-down-on-china-protect-american-workers/", "HOUSE PASSES RILEY BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON CHINA, PROTECT AMERICAN WORKERS", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Josh Riley", "R000622", "riley.house.gov", "riley", "https://riley.house.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The United States House of Representatives has passed the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act (H.R.1869), bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Representative Josh Riley (NY-19) to crack down on China\u2019s trade crimes and protect American workers.\n\nCompanies based in the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) routinely violate U.S. trade laws \u2013 including through fraud, duty evasion, and transshipment \u2013 to prop up China\u2019s non-market economy at the expense of American businesses and workers. Despite the scale of this criminal activity, which has cost hundreds of thousands of American jobs, the Department of Justice has chronically under-resourced its prosecution of trade crimes, allowing bad actors to operate with little fear of consequences.\n\nThe Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act closes that gap by establishing a dedicated DOJ task force to investigate and prosecute international trade crimes, and protect American workers from unfair practices.\n\n\u201cGrowing up in Endicott, I watched my family and neighbors struggle because of bad trade deals that shipped our jobs overseas to countries like China. Meanwhile, these same countries have been allowed to get away with breaking our trade laws through dumping, fraud, duty evasion, and more \u2013 further undermining American industry and hurting American workers. It\u2019s time to hold them accountable,\u201d Riley said.\n\nThe Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act:\n\nEstablishes a new task force within the DOJ\u2019s Criminal Division to investigate and prosecute trade-related crimes.\n\nEnhances nationwide responses to trade-related offenses by providing training and technical assistance to other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, expanding investigations and prosecutions, and allowing for parallel criminal and civil enforcement actions.\n\nRequires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress assessing the DOJ\u2019s efforts, statistics on trade-related crimes, and fund utilization.\n\nAuthorizes $20,000,000 for FY 2025 to support these efforts with appropriate guardrails.\n\nThe legislation is backed by the American Iron and Steel Institute, Coalition for a Prosperous America, American Medical Manufacturers Association, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Forging Industry Association, National Council of Textile Organizations, North American Die Casting Association, American Shrimp Processors Association, American Mold Builders Association, Campaign for Uyghurs, and America First Policy Institute.\n\nYou can read the full bill text HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://riley.house.gov/2026/09/01/house-passes-riley-bill-to-crack-down-on-china-protect-american-workers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1242097243666649, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}