§ 3143. — Reports by General Accounting Office.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3143]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 46A--FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA
Sec. 3143. Reports by General Accounting Office
(a) In general
The Comptroller General, to the extent permitted by law, including
section 3144 of this title, is authorized to review the information
described in section 3142(b) of this title for purposes of preparing the
reports referred to in subsection (b) of this section. Nothing in this
section authorizes disclosure of any individually identifiable data or
information in any form that can be associated with or otherwise
identify, directly or indirectly, any person, including any enterprise
or establishment.
(b) Reports
Consistent with the provisions of this section, the Comptroller
General may submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the
Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, and to the Joint Economic Committee of the
Congress reports--
(1) analyzing reports issued by the Secretary of Commerce under
section 3142 of this title;
(2) making recommendations for changes in the analysis done in
the report due the following year under section 3142 of this title;
(3) making recommendations for improving the collection by
respective Federal agencies of data on foreign direct investment in
the United States, including use of private sector data, and
improving survey questionnaires to obtain useful and consistent
information that avoids unnecessary redundancy among Federal
agencies;
(4) reviewing the status and processes for reconciliation of
data exchanged as required by this Act and the amendments made by
this Act, and making any recommendations for improving and
augmenting international financial data;
(5) making recommendations for possible additional policy
coordination within the executive branch affecting foreign direct
investment in the United States; and
(6) making recommendations for improvement of the coverage,
industry classification, and consistency among Federal agencies of
their respective surveys.
(c) Other reviews and reports
(1) The Comptroller General may, to the extent permitted by law,
including section 3104(c) of this title and section 3144 of this title,
also review data and information at the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis and from time
to time report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on
Ways and Means, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate, and to the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress.
(2) The Comptroller General shall, in carrying out paragraph (1),
comply with procedures relating to access to and disclosure of data and
information established within the Federal statistical agencies referred
to in paragraph (1), and maintain any and all individually identifiable
data and information at the statistical agency where the information is
reviewed.
(d) Confidentiality; review by other agencies
In preparing any report under this section, the Comptroller General
shall not--
(1) disclose any confidential business information or present
any information in a way in which any person, including a business
enterprise or establishment, can be identified; or
(2) combine, match, or use in any other way individually
identifiable data or information maintained by any of the Federal
statistical agencies referred to in subsection (c) of this section
with any other individually identifiable confidential data or
information that is not collected by such statistical agencies.
Before issuing any such report, the Comptroller General shall in each
instance submit the report to the head or heads of the agency or
agencies from which confidential or identifiable information described
in the preceding sentence was obtained. The agency or agencies concerned
shall promptly review the report for the purpose of assuring that the
confidentiality of such information and identity is maintained, and for
any other purpose, and shall provide the Comptroller General with
appropriate comments or other suggestions within 10 working days after
receiving the report.
(e) Right of access
The access by the Comptroller General to information under this Act
shall be in conformity with section 716 of title 31.
(Pub. L. 101-533, Sec. 4, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2346; Pub. L. 104-316,
title I, Sec. 111(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3833.)
References in Text
This Act and the amendments made by this Act, referred to in
subsecs. (b)(4) and (e), is Pub. L. 101-533, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat.
2344, known as the Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial
Data Improvements Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this
chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 3141 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 111(c)(1), substituted
``reports referred to in'' for ``report required under''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 111(c)(2)(A), (D), substituted
``Reports'' for ``Report'' in heading, in introductory provisions
substituted ``Consistent with the provisions of this section, the
Comptroller General may submit'' for ``Not later than 5 months after
each report issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 3142 of
this title, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit'',
and struck out closing provisions which read as follows: ``Reports under
this subsection shall be issued only with respect to the first 3 reports
issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 3142 of this title.''
Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 111(c)(2)(B), which directed that subsec. (b)
be amended by substituting ``Congress reports'' for ``Congress, a
report'', was executed in the introductory provisions by making the
substitution for ``Congress a report'', to reflect the probable intent
of Congress.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 111(c)(2)(C), substituted
``reports issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 3142 of this
title'' for ``the report of the Secretary of Commerce''.
Change of Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives and
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of
House of Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of
House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to
securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to
Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives by House
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.
