Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security An Overview

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil defense--United States.

Civil defense.

Executive-legislative relations.

Governmental investigations.

Investments, Foreign.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Provides overview of foreign direct investment in the U.S., and discusses role of 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

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 11-RS-22863 in the 2011 issue

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security

Publisher Number:

CRS-2013-FDT-0235

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