The BRIDGE Act requires the State Department to prepare a comprehensive report on China's Belt and Road Initiative and how it threatens U.S. interests, along with a detailed government-wide strategy to counter it. The report, due within 180 days of enactment, must assess China's efforts to use the Belt and Road Initiative to create an alternative international order, evaluate current U.S. government tools to counter it, and recommend how the State Department, Commerce Department, and the International Development Finance Corporation should coordinate resources to compete economically against China. Within one year, these agencies must also submit an implementation plan that includes specific metrics, monitoring methods, and ways to work with international allies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. The legislation reflects congressional concern that while the U.S. has taken some steps to counter China's infrastructure initiatives, it lacks a unified, coordinated strategy across the federal government.
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