§ 3141. Congressional findings

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial Data Improvements Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–533 § 2 · 104 Stat. 2344

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3141

   Pub. L. 101–533, § 2, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2344

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–533, § 2, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2344

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. 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 2(b) and 5(c) of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act, 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.

2. 2004

   GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3141(6)

   Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (6). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) References.— Any reference to the General Accounting Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government Accountability Office.

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