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HR 4273 99th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Defense contracts Foreign Trade and Investments Foreign corporations Foreign investments Government contractors Public Contracts, Procurement, and Property

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense to exclude from consideration for contracts those firms in which a hostile foreign government or a covered foreign…

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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense to exclude from consideration for contracts those firms in which a hostile foreign government or a covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest.

Introduced: February 27, 1986 See on congress.gov
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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 6, 1986
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Apr 23, 1986
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.
Mar 4, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.
Mar 4, 1986
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 27, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 27, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law relating to competition requirements in defense contracts to direct the head of a defense agency to require any firm that submits a bid or proposal in response to a solicitation to disclose in such bid or proposal any significant interest in that firm that is owned or controlled by a foreign government or a foreign national.

Requires the head of an agency to exclude from consideration for a contract exceeding $100,000 a firm in which a hostile foreign government or covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations listing hostile foreign governments. Makes this Act inapplicable to the Coast Guard or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

What's happening now May 6, 1986

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 7, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4273: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense to exclude from consideration for contracts those firms in which a hostile foreign government or a covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4273/
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"H.R. 4273: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense to exclude from consideration for contracts those firms in which a hostile foreign government or a covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4273/.
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H.R. 4273, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4273/.
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[H.R. 4273: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense to exclude from consideration for contracts those firms in which a hostile foreign government or a covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4273/)
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