3.0.0 5913 2021-09-29T17:12:20Z 2021-09-29T17:12:20Z House H HR 2008-04-29 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju09 Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-05-01T15:54:46Z Referred to 2008-04-29T21:48:18Z hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-29T15:54:34Z Referred to 2008-04-29T16:30:43Z 2008-05-01 hsju09 Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2008-04-29 hsju09 Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Committee 2008-04-29 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-04-29 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2008-04-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E755) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-04-29 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2008-04-29 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2008-04-29 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-04-29 True W000207 Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] MELVIN WATT D NC 12 2008-05-01 False S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 2008-05-01 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2008-05-01 False S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 2008-05-19 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2008-05-19 False S001171 Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] Heath Shuler D NC 11 2008-05-19 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2008-05-22 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2008-06-25 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2008-06-25 False L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 2008-07-08 False Law Aliens Civil actions and liability Commerce Consumer protection Defective products Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Imports Jurisdiction Law 00 2008-04-29 Introduced in House 2008-05-06T20:43:55Z Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act - Amends the federal judicial code to provide for service of process on foreign citizens or subjects (nationals), or their agents, in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States which were manufactured by the foreign national outside the United States.

Conditions jursidiction for service of process on the fact that the foreign national: (1) knew or reasonably should have known that the product or component would be imported for sale or use in the United States; or (2) had contacts with the United States, whether or not such contacts occurred in the place where the injury occurred.

]]> Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act Display Title Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for service of process over foreign nationals in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5913ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5913ih.xml 2008-05-01 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.