S. 580: A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for other purposes.
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S. 580: A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for other purposes.
111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-12 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
Makes unenforceable by a federal or state agency, department, or court any judgment of a foreign court or agency under a certain kind of foreign statute that requires a U.S. plaintiff (or affiliate) to pay damages to a foreign defendant. Describes such a foreign statute as one that has the effect of nullifying all or part of a final judgment of a U.S. court under the Antidumping Act of 1916 by enabling a foreign defendant that has paid damages pursuant to such judgment to recover any portion of them from the U.S. plaintiff (or affiliate). Authorizes a U.S. plaintiff (or affiliate) held liable, or required to forfeit or pay damages, pursuant to a foreign judgment to file a civil action for the amount of such damages (plus interest and costs) against the foreign defendant that obtained damages pursuant to the foreign judgment.
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Official text
A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · 1 cosponsors
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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
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- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Statute
- A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s580.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s580 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111