Proposed Rules. Determination

Agency: Office of Investment Security, Department of the Treasury
Action: Determination
Citation: FR Doc. 2023-02533 · 31 CFR 800

Summary

The Department of the Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, is publishing the Committee's determination that two foreign states have established and are effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security.

Dates

Effective February 10, 2023.

Supplementary Information

Electronic Availability The list of excepted foreign states and additional information with respect to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) are available on the Committee's section of the Department of the Treasury website. Notice of CFIUS Action The Committee, taking into consideration the factors identified on the Committee's section of the Department of the Treasury website, has determined, under the authority of section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and 31 CFR 800.1001(a), that: (1) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has established and is effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security; and (2) New Zealand has established and is effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security. This determination satisfies the second criterion in the definition of excepted foreign state under 31 CFR 800.218 with respect to New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Therefore, New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are and will remain excepted foreign states absent further Committee action and notice in the Federal Register . Paul Rosen, Assistant Secretary for Investment Security. [FR Doc. 2023-02533 Filed 2-10-23; 8:45 am]