Sec. 3. Foreign direct investment review
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The Secretary of Commerce and the Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Investment Working Group established by Executive Order 13577 and in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall conduct an interagency review of the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries and addressing key foreign trade barriers that firms in advanced technology sectors face in the global digital economy. The review conducted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall include a review of the following: The current economic impact of foreign direct investment in the United States, with particular focus on manufacturing, services, trade (with an emphasis on digital trade), and U.S. jobs. Trends in global cross-border investment and data flows and the underlying factors for such trends. Federal Government policies that facilitate foreign direct investment attraction and retention from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries. Foreign direct investment as compared to direct investment by domestic entities. Foreign direct investment that takes the form of greenfield investment as compared to foreign direct investment relating to merger and acquisition activity. The unique challenges posed by foreign direct investment, particularly acquisitions, in the United States by State-owned or State-backed enterprises, especially from State-directed economies, including companies or other entities owned, directed, supported, or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party. Specific information on the prevalence of investments made by State-owned or State-backed enterprises, especially from State-directed economies, including companies or other entities owned, directed, supported, or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party, with a particular focus on investments relating to manufacturing, services, trade (with an emphasis on digital trade), and jobs. How other trusted countries are dealing with the challenge of State-directed and State-supported investment and whether there are opportunities to work with like-minded nations to address such challenge. Ongoing Federal Government efforts to improve the investment climate and facilitate greater levels of foreign direct investment in the United States from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries. Innovative and noteworthy initiatives by State and local government to attract foreign investment from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries. Initiatives by other countries to identify best practices for increasing global competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investment from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries. The impact that protectionist policies by other countries, including forced data localization rules, forced localization of production, industrial subsidies, and the infringement of intellectual property rights, have on the advanced technology economy of the United States and the ability for United States located firms to develop innovative technologies. Other barriers to the ability of the United States to compete globally in an increasingly connected and digital global economy, including, the use of technical barriers to trade, country-specific standards for technology products and digital services. The adequacy of efforts by the Federal Government to encourage and facilitate foreign direct investment in the United States. Efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to circumvent existing laws to gain access to U.S. markets, foreign direct investment responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries, or intellectual property. The review conducted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall not address laws or policies relating to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Before— conducting the review pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish notice of the review in the Federal Register and shall provide an opportunity for public comment on the matters to be covered by the review; and the submission of the report pursuant to subsection (e), the Secretary shall publish the proposed findings and recommendations in the Federal Register and shall provide an opportunity for public comment. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Federal Interagency Investment Working Group and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the review required pursuant to subsection
(a)and include recommendations for increasing the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries in a manner that strengthens or maintains the security, labor, consumer, financial, or environmental protections of the United States. In this Act: The term responsible private-sector entity means an entity that the Secretary of Commerce determines is— not organized under the laws of a foreign adversary; and not owned, controlled, or otherwise subject to the influence of, a foreign adversary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce. The term trusted country means a country that is not determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be a of the United States.
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