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H.R. 2899: Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011

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H.R. 2899: Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-09-12 · Immigration · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-09-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011

Plain summary

Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the number of I-visas (foreign media) issued to state-controlled media workers from China to the number of visas issued by China to U.S. nationals who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and who seek to enter China solely to engage in such vocation. Requires revocation of a sufficient number of I-visas issued to Chinese state media workers in order to reach parity with the number of visas issued by China for BBG employees seeking entry to China.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2899 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112