I will establish an initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and Africa.

establish an initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and Africa

H.R.5300 would create a State Department initiative to increase two-way U.S.-Africa trade and investment.

Text - H.R.5300 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Department of State Policy Provisions Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Congress.gov lists Representative Brian J. Mast as in Congress from 2017 to present, representing Florida District 18 from the 115th-117th Congresses and Florida District 21 from the 118th-119th Congresses. The member activity page lists 147 sponsored measures and 1,191 cosponsored measures.

This establishes the relevant federal service window for evaluating the promise. Congress.gov's member activity page did not show an Africa trade/investment initiative established by Mast in the visible record reviewed.

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Representative Brian J. Mast | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The Clerk profile lists Brian J. Mast as Florida (FL) 21st, Republican, with oath of office Jan. 03, 2025, and committee assignments including the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mast held a relevant foreign-affairs platform in later service, but this official profile by itself shows no established U.S.-Africa trade and investment initiative.

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Brian J. Mast | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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H.R.3445 became Public Law No. 115-167 on April 23, 2018. Congress.gov lists Rep. Edward R. Royce as sponsor. The summary says the bill directs the President to establish an AGOA information website and urges trade-related training and capacity building for eligible sub-Saharan African countries.

A related Africa trade law passed during Mast's first House term, but it was not sponsored by Mast and created information/capacity-building measures rather than a Mast-established two-way U.S.-Africa trade and investment initiative.

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H.R.3445 - AGOA and MCA Modernization Act | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Congress.gov lists H.R.5105, the BUILD Act of 2018, as sponsored by Rep. Ted S. Yoho, with 44 cosponsors, and as passed by the House by voice vote on July 17, 2018 before being received in the Senate.

The BUILD Act was a broader international-development finance measure relevant to investment, but Mast was not listed among the cosponsors shown and the bill was not specific to establishing a U.S.-Africa two-way trade initiative by Mast.

never same_term

H.R.5105 - BUILD Act of 2018 Cosponsors | Congress.gov
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The Washington Post reported that Prosper Africa was launched in 2019 during Trump's first term and cited CRS describing it as a Trump Administration initiative intended to foster U.S.-African trade and commercial ties and to double U.S.-Africa trade.

A federal initiative matching the trade-and-investment theme existed during Mast's House service, but available evidence attributes it to the Trump administration, not to Mast establishing it.

partial same_term

Trump decries a 'scam' USAID contract. It supports a program he started.
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 74%