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Improving Congressional Oversight of CFIUS Determinations Act

H.R. 7603 · 116th Congress · Jul 13, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require congressional notice if the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States notifies a party to a covered transaction that the Committee has completed all action with respect to such transaction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Improving Congressional Oversight of CFIUS Determinations Act”.

2. Certified notice at completion of an assessment

Section 721(b)(3) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(3)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A)—
(A)
in the heading, by adding “or assessment” at the end; and
(B)
by striking “subsection (b) that concludes action under this section” and inserting “this subsection that concludes action under this section, or upon the Committee making a notification under paragraph (1)(C)(v)(III)(aa)(DD)”; and
(2)
in subparagraph (C)(i)—
(A)
in subclause (I), by striking “and” at the end;
(B)
in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(III) whether the transaction is described under clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of subsection (a)(4)(B).”

3. Technical corrections

(a)
In general— Section 1727(a) of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–232) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3), by striking “(4)(C)(v)” and inserting “(4)(F)”; and
(2)
in paragraph (4), by striking “subparagraph (B)” and inserting “subparagraph (C)”.
(b)
Effective date— The amendments under subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018.