To amend section 1603 of title 28, United States Code, to except the People's Republic of China as a defined foreign state.

Bill: 117-hr-4887
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-07-30
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill excludes Chinese entities from foreign sovereign immunity and therefore subjects them to the jurisdiction of courts in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4887 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2021 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 1603 of title 28, United States Code, to except the People’s Republic of China as a defined foreign state.

1. Exception Section 1603(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting except the People’s Republic of China, after owned by a foreign state, .