United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2311 (111th)
United States-China Diplomatic Expansion Act of 2009
Introduced
7 May 2009
Last action
7 May 2009 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3], Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Subjects
Rule of law, Transport
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
United States-China Diplomatic Expansion Act of 2009 - Authorizes FY2010 appropriations for: (1) public diplomacy programming, hiring of additional local public diplomacy personnel, and public diplomacy information technology infrastructure in the People's Republic of China (PRC); (2) construction of one additional U.S. consulate in the PRC (in addition to the number in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act); (3) 10 additional U.S. diplomatic posts in the PRC (in addition to the number in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act); (4) a U.S. financial contribution to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; (5) rule of law initiatives in the PRC; and (6) specified Chinese language exchanges.
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Timeline
7 May 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1105)
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 7 May 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2311
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2311
- us · 111-hr-2311 · source updated 14 August 2025