S. 2333 · 109th Congress
Dubai Ports World bill
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
SchumerSponsor23 cosponsors · 18 D, 5 R
D
Boxer
TC
R
Coburn
SC
R
Collins
HC
D
Clinton
NC
R
Coleman
RD
D
Durbin
FL
D
Lautenberg
BM
D
Menendez
BM
D
Mikulski
JR
D
Reed
RSR
Santorum
OS
R
Snowe
DA
D
Akaka
TJ
D
Johnson
BN
D
Nelson
PL
D
Leahy
CD
D
Dodd
RF
D
Feingold
DF
D
Feinstein
HK
D
Kohl
TH
D
Harkin
BL
D
Lincoln
DS
D
Stabenow12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act of 2006 - Directs the President (or the President's designee) to investigate, under the Defense Production Act of 1950, the acquisition by Dubai Ports World (DP World), an entity owned or controlled by the Emirate of Dubai, of the Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company, a national of the United…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 27, 2006
Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act of 2006 - Directs the President (or the President's designee) to investigate, under the Defense Production Act of 1950, the acquisition by Dubai Ports World (DP World), an entity owned or controlled by the Emirate of Dubai, of the Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company, a national of the United Kingdom. Requires such investigation to be completed within 45 days after enactment of this Act.
Directs the President to suspend any decision, under provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 permitting the President to stop the acquisition because it will impair national security, with respect to such acquisition made before the completion of the investigation, including any decision made before enactment of this Act.
Specifies requirements for the investigation.
Requires the President to: (1) report to Congress within 15 days after completion of the investigation; and (2) provide certain Members of Congress a detailed briefing on the contents of the report.
Requires the President to take action necessary to prohibit the acquisition if the President does not stop the acquisition under the provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 permitting the President to stop the acquisition because it will impair national security if a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law within 30 days after Congress receives a report from the President that an acquisition will not be stopped. Requires, if such acquisition has been already been completed, the President to direct the Attorney General to seek divestment or other appropriate relief in US district courts.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act of 2006
Latest action (Feb 27, 2006): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1507-1508)
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 27, 2006
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML) · Embed in your story
No recorded floor vote found.