[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 2493--A bill to prevent wealthy and middle-income foreign states 
    that do business, issue securities, or borrow money in the United 
    States, and then fail to satisfy United States court judgments 
    totaling $100,000,000 or more based on such activities, from 
    inflicting further economic injuries in the United States, from 
    undermining the integrity of United States courts, and from 
    discouraging responsible lending to poor and developing nations by 
    undermining the secondary and primary markets for sovereign debt; 
    to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.


By Mr. MASSA (for himself, Mr. Tonko, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
Bishop of New York, Mrs. Maloney, and Mr. Maffei), H5791 [19MY]

  Cosponsors added, H6077 [2JN], H6620 [11JN], H6904 [16JN], H8708 
  [23JY], H9207 [30JY], H9282 [31JY], H10457 [1OC], H10520 [6OC], 
  H11384 [14OC], H13267 [18NO]