3.0.0 4729 2023-01-11T13:16:27Z 2023-01-11T13:16:27Z House H HR 2010-03-02 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-15T13:54:27Z Referred to 2010-03-02T17:33:29Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2010-03-02T17:33:28Z 2010-06-15 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2010-03-02 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-03-02 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-03-02 Referred to House Administration IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2010-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 N Law Bankruptcy Civil actions and liability Contracts and agency Corporate finance and management Due process and equal protection Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Property rights Law 00 2010-03-02 Introduced in House 2010-03-09T20:56:10Z Prohibits a corporation from being considered a person under federal law for any purpose, including voting, running for office, or donating funds to a political action candidate.

Provides that a corporation shall be considered a person under federal law only for the purposes of: (1) exercising rights to due process; (2) participating in any manner of a civil action; (3) participating in a contract; (4) the right to own property; or (5) the ability to declare bankruptcy.

]]> To clarify the situations in which a corporation may be treated as a person under Federal law. Display Title To clarify the situations in which a corporation may be treated as a person under Federal law. Official Title as Introduced To clarify the situations in which a corporation may be treated as a person under Federal law. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2010-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4729ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4729ih.xml 2010-06-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. 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.