The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Finance--Law and legislation.

Finance.

Investments, Foreign.

Securities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (30 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RL-33312a in the 2012 issue.

Examines issues and concerns regarding foreign direct investment in the U.S., focusing on 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 the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) that the acquisition threatens national security. Reviews Department of Treasury regulations; the "Byrd Amendment," which requires CFIUS to investigate certain proposed mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers; subsequent amendments made to the CFIUS process; CFIUS caseload; and recent transactions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment

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