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S 4485 116th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Corporate finance and management Foreign and international corporations Government studies and investigations Technology transfer and commercialization U.S. and foreign investments

A bill to modify the definition of critical technologies for purposes of reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Introduced: August 6, 2020 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill modifies the definition of critical technologies for the purpose of national security reviews and investigations by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to include emerging and foundational technologies identified as essential to U.S. national security.

What's happening now August 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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Cornyn, John
Texas · Aug 6, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4485: A bill to modify the definition of critical technologies for purposes of reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4485/
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"S. 4485: A bill to modify the definition of critical technologies for purposes of reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4485/.
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S. 4485, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4485/.
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