H.R.556 - National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007

To ensure national security while promoting foreign investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Official: To ensure national security while promoting foreign investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Short: National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 as enacted.

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10/01/07
United States: Newly Passed Bill Heightens Scrutiny Of Foreign ...

In late February 2007, the US House of Representatives agreed to the new standards by passing HR 556. The Senate passed its version in June and, ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (subcription), UK
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09/06/07
US Senate Takes Up CFIUS Reform Legislation Expected To Impact ...

In late February, the US House of Representatives passed HR 556, a bill that would substantially change the way that the federal government assesses ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (subcription), UK
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09/05/07
Exon-Florio Amendment Now US Law

The Senate passed an amended version of HR 556 on June 29, and the House followed on July 11. The final version makes significant changes that should be ...

Source: Law.com (subscription), CA
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08/14/07
Man arrested at town pool

HR 556, The Foreign Investment and Security Act, will ensure that foreign investments receive the necessary scrutiny so that our country remains secure. ...

Source: Hudson Reporter, NJ
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08/03/07
Stopping the New Chinese "Hoard" From Dominating the World

On July 26, President George W. Bush signed the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (HR 556). The legislation strengthens the Committee on ...

Source: AmericanEconomicAlert.org, DC
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07/24/07
Congress Approves CFIUS Reform Legislation Clearing The Way For ...

On February 28, 2007, the House had passed its own CFIUS reform legislation (HR 556) and the Senate passed its own version on June 29, 2007 by unanimous ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (subcription), UK
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07/10/07
Blunt CFIUS Reform Bill Earns Wide Margin in House, on to President

HR 556, the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act: -- Increases scrutiny for all acquisitions involving foreign ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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06/28/07
Senate Votes to Overhaul Security Reviews of Foreign Investments

The Senate passed the bill ( HR 556 ) after substituting the text of its own version ( S 1610 ) — essentially the measure approved May 16 by the Banking, ...

Source: Congressional Quarterly, DC
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03/03/07
GAO Report:: Uncoordinted Federal Technology Policies Put Nation ...

A significant step was taken on February 28 when the House passed a CFIUS reform bill (HR 556) that tightened oversight. But the measure had been weakened ...

Source: AmericanEconomicAlert.org, DC
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03/03/07
How Texans voted in DC

The bill (HR 556) intensifies oversight by the government's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, requires CFIUS to regularly file public ...

Source: Houston Chronicle, TX
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03/02/07
Toward transparency

... gotten an amendment included in the ponderously named National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 (HR 556). ...

Source: Savannah Morning News, GA
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03/01/07
US Deprives Terrorism of the

HR 556 imposes special controls on all investment deals that could result in American companies, particularly those in "strategic sectors of the economy," ...

Source: The Daily Advertiser
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02/27/07
Boustany supports tougher oversight on foreign investment

The National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007 (HR 556) strengthens the Committee on Foreign Investments in the ...

Source: The Daily Advertiser, LA
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02/21/07
National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened ...

HR 556 would amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to establish in law the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). ...

Source: Epicos.com (press release), Switzerland
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02/13/07
USA : Chamber supports House Bill on CFIUS reform

The US Chamber of Commerce applauded the House Financial Services Committee for reporting out HR 556, the National Security Foreign Investment Reform and ...

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02/07/07
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ONE ...

Mr. Chairman, the key issues we faced transcend the Dubai Port World deal, or CFIUS. HR 556 meets our challenges by advancing three important objectives. ...

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