United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3268 (107th)
Foreign Government Ownership Act of 2001
Introduced
8 November 2001
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
19 August 2025
Summary
Foreign Government Ownership Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any broadcast license, permit, or operating authority from being granted to or held by a corporation, joint venture, partnership, other business organization, trust, or other entity controlled by a foreign government or its representatives. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from waiving the application of such prohibition. Sets forth: (1) tests for determining foreign control; and (2) enforcement mechanisms, including revocation and reassignment.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 8 November 2001
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 8 November 2001
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 8 November 2001
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3268
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3268