To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit acquisitions, mergers, or takeovers of persons engaged in interstate commerce in the United States by entities controlled by or acting on behalf of foreign governments that do not recognize countries that are member states of the United Nations, participate in boycotts against countries that are friendly to the United States, or provide support for international terrorism.

Bill: 109-hr-4885
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Boycott
Commercial blacklisting
Corporate mergers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government ownership
International Affairs
President and foreign policy
Recognition (International law)
Sanctions (International law)
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: 
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require the President to prohibit any acquisition, merger, or takeover that will result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the United States by an entity controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government that: (1) does not recognize any country that is a member of the United Nations (U.N.); (2) takes any action to support any boycott against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of any form of boycott pursuant to U.S. law or regulation; or (3) the Secretary of State has determined is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-07
text: Introduced in House