,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bj1        
#bjba,mr4 ,fitzgerald 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,stanton1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4           
,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4        
,crawford1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,mr4         
,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,bishop of
 ,north ,carolina1 and ,mr4 ,owens7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require      
disclosure of foreign government        
subsidies in the premerger notification 
process4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,foreign ,merger    
,subsidy ,disclosure ,act of #bjba4  #b4
 ,mergers involving foreign government  
subsidies  7a7 ,accounting for foreign  
government subsidies ,a person required 
to file a notification required by      
section #g;,a of the ,clayton ,act 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #ah;a7 that received a subsidy
 from a foreign state shall include in  
such notification a detailed accounting 

of each such subsidy4  7b7 ,authority of
 antitrust regulators ,the ,federal     
,trade ,commission1 with the concurrence
 of the ,assistant ,attorney ,general in
 charge of the ,antitrust ,division of  
the ,department of ,justice and by rule 
in accordance with section #eec of title
 #e1 consistent with purposes of this   
section shall require that the          
notification required under subsection  
7a7 be in such form and contain such    
documentary material and information    
relevant to a proposed acquisition as is
 necessary and appropriate to enable the
 ,federal ,trade ,commission and the    
,assistant ,attorney ,general in charge 
of the ,antitrust ,division of the      
,department of ,justice to determine    
whether such acquisition may1 if        
consummated1 violate the antitrust laws4
  #c4 ,definitions ,for the purposes of 
this ,act3 7a7 ,foreign state ,the term 
foreign state shall have the meaning    
given it in section #afjc7;a7 of title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7        

,subsidy ,the term subsidy includes a   
direct subsidy1 a grant1 a loan         
7including a below-market loan71 a loan 
guarantee1 a tax concession1 a          
preferential governmental procurement   
policy1 or other form of economic       
support including ownership or control  
by a foreign state4  #d4 ,effective date
 ,this ,act shall take effect #ij days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4