Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee
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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.
Foreign and international corporationsGovernment corporations and government-sponsored enterprisesJurisdiction and venueSovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Stopping Foreign Businesses Sanctuary Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-702| House
| Updated: 3/4/2019
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.
Foreign and international corporationsGovernment corporations and government-sponsored enterprisesJurisdiction and venueSovereignty, recognition, national governance and status