Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Chinese state-owned energy company exercising control of critical Unted States energy infrastructure and energy production capacity could take action that would threaten to impair the national security of the United States

Sponsor: RICHARD POMBO (R-CA)

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Chinese state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation, through control of Unocal Corporation obtained by the proposed acquisition, merger, or takeover of Unocal Corporation, could take action that would threaten to impair the national security of the United States; and (2) if Unocal Corporation enters into an agreement of acquisition, merger, or takeover of Unocal Corporation by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the President should initiate immediately a thorough review of the proposed acquisition, merger, or takeover.

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