SMART SALE Act of 2013
Latest action · Jan 18, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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.
- IntroducedJan 14, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Mergers, Acquisitions, and Risky Takeovers Supplied by American Labor and Entrepreneurship Act of 2013 or the SMART SALE Act of 2013 - Requires any person, company, institution, or other entity engaged in interstate commerce that owns, licenses, or otherwise holds an interest in a federally-funded technology, or to which federal energy research and development funding has been obligated by a federal agency (covered entity), to notify the Secretary of Energy (DOE) not later than seven days after entering into negotiations for any proposed or pending merger, acquisition, takeover, or other transfer that could result in control of such covered entity by: (1) the government of the Peoples's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism or that provides sanctuary to a foreign terrorist organization; (2) a citizen of such a country who owes permanent allegiance to such country; or (3) a corporation or other legal entity which is 50% owned by a citizen of such a country.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 14, 2013 to Jan 23, 2013, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Jan 14, 2013 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jan 15, 2013 | |
| R-TN | Stephen Lee Fincher | Jan 23, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jan 23, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 18, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Jan 14, 2013Introduced in House
- Jan 14, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Asia
- China
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Energy research
- Foreign and international corporations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- North Korea
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Terrorism
- Trade restrictions
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2013Introduced in House
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