Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision : Comparison of H.R. 556 and S. 1610.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

United States.

Big business.

Investments, Foreign.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background information on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS); and the Exon-Florio provision of the Defense Production Act, which provides the President with authority to block the acquisition of U.S. firms by foreign investors, upon determination by CFIUS that the acquisition threatens national security. Discusses and provides side-by-side comparisons of H.R. 556, the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 and S. 1610, the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, both to address various concerns with foreign investment.

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

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.