§ 3141. — Congressional findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3141]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 46A--FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA
Sec. 3141. Congressional findings
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States Government collects substantial amounts of
information from foreign owned or controlled business enterprises or
affiliates operating in the United States.
(2) Additional analysis and presentation of this information is
desirable to assist the public debate on the issue of foreign direct
investments in the United States.
(3) Information collected from foreign owned or controlled firms
by the Bureau of Economic Analysis has serious analytical
limitations because it is largely collected on an ``enterprise''
basis that does not permit an adequate analysis by industry
groupings.
(4) Statistical and analytic comparisons of the performance of
foreign owned or controlled businesses operating within the United
States with other business enterprises operating within the same
industry can be accomplished under sections 3101(b) and 3104(c) of
this title, and under Executive Order Numbered 11961, without the
need to collect additional information, by sharing with other
authorized Government agencies the employer identification numbers
maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
(5) Public disclosures of confidential business information
collected by the United States Government relating to international
direct investment flows could cause serious damage to the accuracy
of the statistical data base.
(6) The General Accounting Office may have limited access to
Government data on foreign direct investment.
(Pub. L. 101-533, Sec. 2, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2344.)
References in Text
Executive Order Numbered 11961, referred to in par. (4), is set out
as a note under section 3101 of this title.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101-533 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this chapter and section 401 of Title 13, Census, and amending sections
3101 and 3103 to 3105 of this title and section 9 of Title 13] may be
cited as the `Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial Data
Improvements Act of 1990'.''
