Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision : Comparison of H.R. 5337 and S. 3549.

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 det...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > President. Investments, Foreign. Military readiness. Electronic books.
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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 and side-by-side comparison of H.R. 5337 and S. 3549, both to formally establish CFIUS in law and to revise CFIUS policies and procedures.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.