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H.R. 1355 108th Congress House

Wellstone Memorial Stop Corporate Expatriates Act

Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that a prohibition on contracting by the Secretary of Homeland Security with foreign incorporated entitie… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that a prohibition on contracting by the Secretary of Homeland Security with foreign incorporated entities applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 19, 2003 Introduced by: Rosa L. DeLauro Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Armed Forces and National SecurityCommerceCorporate mergersCorporation taxes
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Department of Homeland SecurityEBB TerrorismForeign Trade and International FinanceForeign corporationsGovernment contractorsGovernment procurementInternational AffairsSubsidiary corporationsTax evasionTaxationTerrorism
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Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 19, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 19, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Wellstone Memorial Stop Corporate Expatriates Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to apply a prohibition on contracting by the Secretary of Homeland Security with foreign incorporated entities which are treated as inverted domestic corporations to any subsidiaries of such entities.

Deletes a provision that would allow the waiver of such prohibition in order to prevent the loss of any jobs in the United States or to prevent the Government from incurring any additional costs that otherwise would not occur (thus allowing such waiver only in the interest of national security).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 12 Independent 1
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jun 16, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 16, 2004
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 9, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 21, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 9, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 9, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 9, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 6, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 11, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 9, 2003
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Apr 2, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 2, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 26, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2003
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 19, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 19, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1355: Wellstone Memorial Stop Corporate Expatriates Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1355/
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"H.R. 1355: Wellstone Memorial Stop Corporate Expatriates Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1355/.
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H.R. 1355, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1355/.
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