FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

Bills and resolutions

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize release of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code (see S. Res. 62), S944 [27FE]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative (see S. 1608), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 1413), H1856 [9AP]

——— produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (see S. 1023), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 2052), H2802 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: require reports on acquisitions by certain foreign persons of companies receiving U.S. research and development funding (see H.R. 221), H84 [14JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent expansion of U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see H.R. 2299), H3251 [6JN]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 1881), S9052 [19DE]

——— impose sanctions (see S. 1001), S3657 [21MY]

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions and expenditures by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 195), H52 [4JA]

Taxation: eliminate wasteful tax loopholes (see S. 8), S42 [22JA]

——— end deferral of foreign source income of U.S. companies, close certain foreign tax credit loopholes, prevent U.S. tax avoidance, and eliminate tax loopholes for big oil companies (see S. 250), S519 [7FE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see S. 1181), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2870), H5259 [31JY]

——— prevent U.S. tax avoidance on foreign income by corporations (see H.R. 694), H545 [14FE]

——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see H.R. 1555), H2025 [15AP]

——— repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 561), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 1086), H1356 [12MR]

Letters

Global Investment in American Jobs Act: Nancy L. McLernon, Organization for International Investment, H5413 [9SE]

——— Patrick McLean, Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC., H5414 [9SE]

Lists

Organization for International Investment members, H5413 [9SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Commerce: produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (H.R. 2052), H5411–H5414 [9SE]

Japan: inclusion in Trans-Pacific Partnership, E1611 [30OC]

Public debt: prohibit payment of debt held by certain foreign countries instead of protecting U.S. senior citizens, veterans, and those harmed by natural disasters in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2551, H2552 [9MY]

SEC: protect pension plans of firefighters, police officer, teachers, or any retiree against fraudulent or deceptive financial practices and protect U.S. firms from takeovers by foreign companies, H2748–H2750 [17MY]

Taiwan: inclusion in Trans-Pacific Partnership, E1438 [4OC], E1452, E1454, E1455 [8OC], E1468 [9OC], E1600 [30OC]

——— solidify a bilateral investment agreement with the U.S., E1401 [30SE], E1433, E1438 [4OC], E1454 [8OC], E1466 [9OC], E1501 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize release of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code (S. Res. 62), S957 [27FE]

India: U.S. policy, S435 [31JA]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (S. 1881), S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— impose sanctions (S. 1001), S3661 [21MY], S3742 [22MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2052, Global Investment in American Jobs Act, H5411 [9SE]

S. 8, End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act, S47 [22JA]

S. 1001, Iran Export Embargo Act, S3661 [21MY]

S. 1608, Dept. of Commerce appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative, S7633 [29OC]

S. Res. 62, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations release of records on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code, S947 [27FE]