Stopping Foreign Businesses Sanctuary Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/4/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-04Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- 2019-01-22Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-01-22Introduced in House
- 2019-01-22Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-22 (00)
Stopping Foreign Businesses Sanctuary Act of 2019
This bill eliminates immunity from suit in U.S. courts for certain foreign entities, and their corporate affiliates, that are state-owned or state-controlled. Specifically, the bill provides for jurisdiction in U.S. courts over foreign entities that (1) conduct commercial activity in the United States, and (2) are incorporated in a foreign state in which state-owned or state-controlled entities commonly engage in commercial activity.
Cosponsors (4)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Jim Hagedorn (R-MN)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
Subjects
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Jurisdiction and venue
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
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