3.0.0 3323 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z Senate S 2016-09-14 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-14T17:22:57Z 2016-09-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5723-5724) IntroReferral 2016-09-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N Law Law 00 2016-09-14 Introduced in Senate 2016-10-14T18:11:11Z State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016

This bill amends the federal judicial code to allow U.S. courts to hear cases against a foreign state's corporate affiliates under the exception to foreign sovereign immunity that subjects a foreign state's commercial activities to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.

In determining whether a U.S. court has jurisdiction to hear a case based on the commercial activity of a foreign state, a commercial activity of an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state is attributable to any corporate affiliate of the agency or instrumentality that: (1) directly or indirectly owns a majority of shares of the agency or instrumentality, and (2) is also an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state.

]]> State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016 Display Title State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3323is/xml/BILLS-114s3323is.xml 2016-09-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5723-5724) 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.