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HR 4831 107th Congress House

Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002

Official title: To prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts.

Introduced: June 21, 2002 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics CommerceCorporate mergersDebarment of government contractorsFinance and Financial Sector
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Foreign Trade and International FinanceForeign corporationsPartnershipsStock exchangesStockholdersStocks
This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 23, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
May 23, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 23, 2002

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002 - Prohibits any foreign corporation that acquires a domestic corporation or partnership on or after the date that is ten years before this Act's enactment from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract if immediately after such transaction, more than 80 percent of the stock of the acquiring corporation is held by former shareholders or partners of the domestic corporation or partnership. Substitutes 50 percent for 80 percent if: (1) the acquiring corporation does not have substantial business activities in the foreign country in which or under the law of which such corporation is created or organized; and (2) the stock of such corporation is publicly traded and the principal market for trading it is in the United States.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4831: Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4831/
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"H.R. 4831: Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4831/.
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H.R. 4831, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4831/.
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