Amendment sought to add language to provide that a foreign corporation which acquires a domestic corporation in a corporate repatriation transaction shall be treated as being incorporated in the State under whose laws the acquired domestic corporation was organized.

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Amendment Number
168
Description
Amendment sought to add language to provide that a foreign corporation which acquires a domestic corporation in a corporate repatriation transaction shall be treated as being incorporated in the State under whose laws the acquired domestic corporation was organized.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 108-148 to prevent domestic corporations from not being subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. Federal Courts, and liability in class action lawsuits filed in Federal Courts, through mergers or repatriations with foreign companies.
Congress
108
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 12, 2003
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 185 - 238 (Roll no. 268).
Latest Action Time
14:29:15
Submitted Date
Jun 12, 2003
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Sep 29, 2021
Amendment 168 — Informed