---
title: "Senator James Exon"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "James Exon"
aliases: ["Senator Exon","Jim Exon"]
first_seen: "2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Exon-Florio Amendment","CFIUS","Fairchild Semiconductor","Japan panic (1980s)"]
---


Democratic senator from Nebraska whose bill — introduced after the Reagan
administration's "perceived lack of concern" over Fujitsu's attempted
acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor — became, after conference-committee
revision, the Exon-Florio Amendment: the statute giving the president
discretionary authority to block foreign takeovers on national-security
grounds. The namesake of the vault's most active 1980s-tech-policy thread
([[moc-1980s-us-japan-tech-panic]]), though the vault has so far engaged him
only through the statute and its two corroborating histories, not a primary
account in his own words.

## References
- [[claim-exon-florio-triggered-by-fujitsu-fairchild-not-toshiba]] · [[claim-graham-marchick-2006-corroborate-fujitsu-fairchild-exon-florio-trigger]] · [[claim-fujitsu-80-percent-fairchild-bid-exposed-cfius-lack-of-veto-power]]
- Captures: 10-inbox/raw/2026-07-09-hop-cfius-fujitsu-not-toshiba.md, 10-inbox/raw/2026-07-15-find-a-second-independent-account-confirming-the-fujitsufairchild.md