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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To ensure that commercial activities of the People's Liberation Army of China or any Communist Chinese military company in the United States are monitored and are subject to the authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

H.R. 2580Introduced Sep 30, 1997Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Tillie Fowler R-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 30, 1997 — Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

15 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 15 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Christopher Cox (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Sam Johnson (R-TX), David McIntosh (R-IN), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Gerald Solomon (R-NY), Floyd Spence (R-SC), Frank Wolf (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tillie Fowler.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-4 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.