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):

United States. President.

United States.

Investments, Foreign.

Military readiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2007

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

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2007-FDT-0203

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