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  • H.R. 8727, known as the “American Business for American Companies Act of 2024,” is a bill that seeks to prevent inverted domestic corporations from receiving U.S. government contracts. An inverted domestic corporation is defined as a foreign company that has acquired a U.S. company but still...

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    The bill wants to make sure that only companies truly based in the U.S. can get big government jobs, so it says no to companies that pretend to be American but are actually controlled from another country. There are some special rules for things like when it matters for safety or health, but those have to be shared with Congress, like telling on someone.