HR 4831 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002

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

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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; 27 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-ILLane EvansOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-ARMarion BerryOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-ARMike RossOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-MSRonnie ShowsOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-PATim HoldenOriginalMay 23, 2002
D-TNBart GordonJun 21, 2002
D-MNBill LutherJun 21, 2002
D-NCBob EtheridgeJun 21, 2002
D-CABob FilnerJun 21, 2002
D-CABrad ShermanJun 21, 2002
D-ILDanny K. DavisJun 21, 2002
D-ORDarlene HooleyJun 21, 2002
D-OHDennis J. KucinichJun 21, 2002
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 21, 2002
D-TXKen BentsenJun 21, 2002
D-TXNick LampsonJun 21, 2002
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsJun 21, 2002
D-WIRon KindJun 21, 2002
D-TXRuben HinojosaJun 21, 2002
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 21, 2002
D-OHSherrod BrownJun 21, 2002
D-MAStephen F. LynchJun 21, 2002
D-NYSteve IsraelJun 21, 2002
D-NJSteven R. RothmanJun 21, 2002
D-CABarbara LeeJun 27, 2002
D-CAMike ThompsonJul 10, 2002
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioJul 10, 2002
D-MABarney FrankJul 11, 2002
D-TXMartin FrostJul 16, 2002
D-NJRobert MenendezJul 16, 2002
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroJul 16, 2002
D-NJRush HoltJul 16, 2002
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.Jul 16, 2002
D-MAJames P. McGovernJul 26, 2002
D-NYMichael R. McNultyJul 26, 2002
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottJul 26, 2002
D-CAGeorge MillerSep 4, 2002
D-CANancy PelosiSep 4, 2002
D-OHTed StricklandSep 4, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 23, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts.
Short Titles as Introduced
Patriotic Purchasing Act of 2002

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 23, 2002Introduced in House

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