S.Amdt. 446

SA 446. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. TREATMENT OF LAW FIRM MERGERS AS COVERED
TRANSACTIONS BY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES.

Section 721(a)(4)(B)(i) of the Defense Production Act of
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)(B)(i)) is amended by striking
``takeover carried out through a joint venture.'' and
inserting the following: ``takeover--

``(I) carried out through a joint venture; or
``(II) that could result in foreign control of a United
States business that provides legal services.''.

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