The independent American news website "American Outlook" reported on February 9 that the bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate to strengthen the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing industry both included provisions for appropriating funds to "promote negative reports about China." The article reported that the "American Competition Act" recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is a counterpart to the tougher "American Innovation and Competition Act" passed by the Senate in June last year. The U.S. Competition Act's title was drawn up by the Foreign Affairs Committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and both contain a section called "Supporting Independent Media and Combating Disinformation." There is no definition of "false information" in the bill, and the Foreign Affairs Committees of both houses have not responded further to the issue of "American Outlook."

The relevant provisions are very clear about the purpose of these grants to fund the reporting of the relevant media in the United States. The report claims that the U.S. House of Representatives ruled that the notorious “Global Media Agency” (USAGM) and local U.S. media that train foreign journalists will be allocated $500 million for “outreach” in the U.S. The public produced a special "criticism of China's negative news content". The U.S. Senate has set up a "Counter-China Influence Fund", which requires an allocation of $1.5 billion in the next three years to encourage the U.S. media to criticize China's "Belt and Road"-related reports in various ways.