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H.R. 702 116th Congress House

Stopping Foreign Businesses Sanctuary Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the jurisdiction of courts of the United States and of the States over certain foreign entities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 28, 2020 See on congress.gov
Law Foreign and international corporationsGovernment corporations and government-sponsored enterprisesJurisdiction and venueSovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jan 22, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 704 Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · May 28, 2020
Hagedorn, Jim
· May 22, 2020
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · May 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 702: Stopping Foreign Businesses Sanctuary Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-702/
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"H.R. 702: Stopping Foreign Businesses Sanctuary Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-702/.
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H.R. 702, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-702/.
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