S. 3323: State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-14 · Law · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5723-5724)

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5723-5724) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016

Plain summary

State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal judicial code to allow U.S. courts to hear cases against a foreign state's corporate affiliates under the exception to foreign sovereign immunity that subjects a foreign state's commercial activities to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. In determining whether a U.S. court has jurisdiction to hear a case based on the commercial activity of a foreign state, a commercial activity of an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state is attributable to any corporate affiliate of the agency or instrumentality that: (1) directly or indirectly owns a majority of shares of the agency or instrumentality, and (2) is also an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state.

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Official text

State-Owned Entity Transparency and Accountability Reform Act of 2016

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Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] reported raising $527,998 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s3323.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s3323 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114