Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security. : An Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive-legislative relations.

Investments, Foreign.

Governmental investigations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of foreign direct investment in U.S. and role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. in reviewing and investigating foreign investments to maintain homeland security. Outlines Presidential authority to develop and implement direct investment policy; and summarizes P.L. 110-49, the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, which broadens Congressional oversight and emphasizes homeland security and critical infrastructure as key elements of national security that the President must consider when evaluating the national security implications of a foreign investment transaction.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security

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