Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision : Overview of H.R. 556.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

United States.

Investments, Foreign.

Military readiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (23 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Presents background information on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), an interagency committee that administers the Exon-Florio amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950, which authorizes the President to suspend or prohibit foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies upon determination by the CFIUS that the acquisition threatens national security. Provides overview of H.R. 556, the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007, to formally establish CFIUS in law and to revise CFIUS policies and procedures.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision

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