Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision : Comparison of H.R. 556 and S. 1610.

Provides background information on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS); and 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 CFIUS that the acqui...

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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. Big business. Investments, Foreign. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Provides background information on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS); and 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 CFIUS that the acquisition threatens national security. Discusses and provides side-by-side comparisons of H.R. 556, the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 and S. 1610, the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, both to address various concerns with foreign investment.
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.