HR 4831 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002

Introduced May 23, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Jim Turner D-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 23, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 23, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002 - Prohibits any foreign corporation that acquires a domestic corporation or partnership on or after the date that is ten years before this Act's enactment from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract if immediately after such transaction, more than 80 percent of the stock of the acquiring corporation is held by former shareholders or partners of the domestic corporation or partnership. Substitutes 50 percent for 80 percent if: (1) the acquiring corporation does not have substantial business activities in the foreign country in which or under the law of which such corporation is created or organized; and (2) the stock of such corporation is publicly traded and the principal market for trading it is in the United States.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2002 to Sep 4, 2002, with 27 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAllen BoydOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-OKBrad CarsonOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-WABrian BairdOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-TXChet EdwardsOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-ILDavid D. PhelpsOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-ORDavid WuOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-TXGene GreenOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-CTJames H. MaloneyOriginalMay 23, 2002
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Actions 2

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  1. May 23, 2002Introduced in House
  2. May 23, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Subjects

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