Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security : An Overview.

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

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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], 2008.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides overview of foreign direct investment in U.S. and role of the 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.
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