FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

Articles and editorials

Don’t Buy the Trade Deal Alarmism, S3034 [19MY]

Lobbyists Declare Victory After Visa Reform Measure Dies Quietly, S8754 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions

Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (organization): establish (see S. 2307), S8159 [19NO]

Business and industry: eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (see H.R. 625), H667 [30JA]

Cuba: modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 3687), H6835 [6OC]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative (see H.R. 1007), H1069 [13FE]

Dept. of Defense: require report on certain equipment purchased from foreign entities that could be manufactured in U.S. arsenals and depots (see H.R. 2055), H2496 [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement integrity measures to strengthen EB–5 regional center program in order to promote and reform foreign capital investment and job creation (see S. 2415), S8793 [17DE]

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act: repeal certain provisions relative to reporting on foreign assets and investments (see S. 663), S1303 [4MR]

Immigration: extend and improve EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (see S. 1501), S3678 [3JN]

——— increase the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants and reauthorize the EB–5 regional center program (see S. 2122), S7102 [1OC]

——— reform EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (see H.R. 616), H662 [28JA]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

——— extend sanctions and report on use of funds made available through sanctions relief (see S. 1682), S4648 [25JN]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 269), S541 [27JA] (see S. 792), S1629 [18MR]

——— impose sanctions against any Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entity, establish a watch list for such entities, and support State or local divestment from such entities (see H.R. 4258), H9328 [15DE]

——— prohibit statutory sanctions relief unless the Senate provides advise and consent to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.R. 3199), H5466 [23JY]

——— provide more effective sanctions against any Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entity to counter support for international terrorism and assistance to the Assad regime in Syria (see H.R. 4312), H10710 [18DE]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (see S. Con. Res. 26), S8241 [1DE] (see H. Con. Res. 100), H8859 [1DE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.R. 3460), H5865 [9SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), consideration (see H. Res. 412), H5865 [9SE]

Nepal: support sustainable recovery and rebuilding following earthquakes (see S. 1882), S6136 [29JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions or donations by foreign nationals relative to State and local ballot initiatives and referenda (see H.R. 2049), H2496 [28AP]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for repatriated foreign earnings (see H.R. 2225), H2792 [1MY]

——— allow a temporary dividends received deduction from a controlled foreign corporation for certain taxable years (see S. 397), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 788), H854 [5FE]

——— end deferral of foreign source income of U.S. companies, close certain foreign tax credit loopholes, and prevent U.S. tax avoidance (see S. 922), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1790), H2209 [14AP]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see S. 915), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]

——— incentivize companies to repatriate foreign earnings held overseas and dedicate tax revenues from such repatriation to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 981), S2244 [16AP]

——— limit interest deduction for excessive interest of members of financial reporting groups (see H.R. 3934), H8149 [5NO]

——— repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 162), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 305), H357 [13JA]

——— restrict the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules (see S. 1687), S4648 [25JN]

——— terminate deferral of active income of controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 3935), H8149 [5NO]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit entrance into free trade agreements or investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions (see H.R. 967), H1067 [13FE]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 566), S1118 [25FE]

Explanations

Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act (S. 1687), S4651 [25JN]

Remarks in House

Iran: reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 100), H8864 [2DE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5880, H5899 [10SE], H5947–H5969 [11SE], H6141 [18SE], E1277 [15SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), consideration (H. Res. 412), H5882–H5891 [10SE]

Taiwan: solidify a bilateral investment agreement with the U.S., E1439 [7OC]

Remarks in Senate

Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (organization): establish (S. 2307), S8162–S8164 [19NO]

Immigration: extend and improve EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (S. 1501), S3682 [3JN], S7207 [7OC], S8151 [19NO], S8753 [17DE]

——— reform EB–5 immigrant investor visa program, S811 [5FE], S8752–S8755 [17DE]

——— reform H–1B nonimmigrant worker visa program, S1083 [24FE]

Iran: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reimpose waived sanctions and impose new sanctions for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement, S1865 [25MR], S1993 [26MR]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement, S1226 [3MR], S1855 [25MR]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (S. 269), S1241 [3MR], S1515 [16MR]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6672, S6680, S6686–S6689 [16SE], S6773–S6780 [17SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), S6629 [15SE]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction from a controlled foreign corporation for certain taxable years (S. 397), S836 [5FE]

——— restrict the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules (S. 1687), S4650 [25JN]

Treaties and agreements: ensure any free trade agreement increases manufacturing jobs and wages in the U.S., S3052 [19MY]

——— exempt policies for protecting the environment, public health, and consumers from any investor-state dispute settlement provisions included in trade agreements, S3045 [19MY], S3099 [20MY], S3261, S3297 [22MY]

——— prohibit entrance into free trade agreements or investment treaties with foreign countries if the agreements or treaties include investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S3025 [19MY], S3293 [22MY]

——— prohibit entrance into free trade agreements or investment treaties with foreign countries that criminalize individuals based on sexual orientation or gender identity, S3052 [19MY]

——— prohibit use of fast-track trade promotion authority for any free trade agreement or investment treaty if the agreement or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S3031–S3034 [19MY], S3106 [20MY], S3259 [22MY]

——— require public notification when ‘‘Buy American’’ requirements are waived, S3052 [19MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3460, Suspend Authority of President To Grant Relief From Sanctions Pursuant to Agreement With Iran Relative to Its Nuclear Program: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 412) (H. Rept. 114–259), H5865 [9SE]

Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 792), S1628 [18MR]

Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 915) (S. Rept. 114–25), S2171 [14AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 412, consideration of H.R. 3460, suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5882 [10SE]

H.R. 3460, suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5947 [11SE]

S. 1687, Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act, S4650 [25JN]

S. Con. Res. 26, reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations by Iran and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions, S8244 [1DE]