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H.R. 5913

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Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act
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Committee
Latest Action · May 1, 2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
April 29, 2008
Cosponsors (14)
14D 0R
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Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act - Amends the federal judicial code to provide for service of process on foreign citizens or subjects (nationals), or their agents, in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States which were manufactured by the foreign national outside the United States. Conditions jursidiction for service of process on the fact that the foreign national: (1) knew or reasonably should have known that the product or component would be imported for sale or use in the United States; or (2) had contacts with the United States, whether or not such contacts occurred in the place where the injury occurred.

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