HR 4520 · 101th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial Data Improvements Act of 1990
Bill Progress
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EnactedLatest: For Further Action See S.2516.(1990-11-07)
Plain Language Summary
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Foreign Investment Policy Improvements Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to issue a report on foreign direct investment in the United States. Requires the General Accounting Office to submit to a specified congressional committee a report analyzing and making recommendations with respect to the Secretary's report. Requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to use certain business information relating to foreign-owned businesses in the United States (ten percent or more of whose voting securities are owned by foreign persons) when implementing the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. Requires the Bureau, in a specified report, to include information on international investment in property in the United States by foreign persons, with separate tables listing businesses (50 percent or more, and 50 percent or less, of whose voting securities are owned or controlled by foreign persons). Amends such Act to authorize and provide for the collection and use of information on direct investments owned or controlled directly or indirectly by foreign governments. Increases, and makes mandatory, the civil penalties for failure to provide information under such Act.…
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Cosponsors (20)
13 Democrats7 Republicans