HR 5913
110th Congress
House
Law
Aliens
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer protection
Defective products
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Imports
Jurisdiction
Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act
Introduced: April 29, 2008
Introduced by:
Sánchez, Linda T.
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 1, 2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Apr 29, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Apr 29, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E755)
Apr 29, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act - Amends the federal judicial code to provide for service of process on foreign citizens or subjects (nationals), or their agents, in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States which were manufactured by the foreign national outside the United States.
Conditions jursidiction for service of process on the fact that the foreign national: (1) knew or reasonably should have known that the product or component would be imported for sale or use in the United States; or (2) had contacts with the United States, whether or not such contacts occurred in the place where the injury occurred.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.