50 U.S.C. § 4585 — Public database of covered foreign persons

FEDERAL · 50 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER IV—PROHIBITION AND NOTIFICATION ON INVESTMENTS RELATING TO COVERED NATIONAL SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Public database of covered foreign persons

50 U.S.C. § 4585

Title50 — War and National Defense

ChapterSUBCHAPTER IV—PROHIBITION AND NOTIFICATION ON INVESTMENTS RELATING TO COVERED NATIONAL SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

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50 U.S.C. § 4585.

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(a)In general The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may establish a publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database that identifies covered foreign persons that are either engaged in a prohibited technology or a notifiable technology pursuant to this subchapter.

(b)Modification process The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to establish a mechanism for a covered foreign person to petition for their removal from or inclusion in the publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database described in (a).1

(c)Confidentiality of evidence The Secretary shall establish a mechanism for the public, including Congress, stakeholders, investors, and nongovernmental organizations, to submit evidence on a confidential basis regarding whether a foreig

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(a) In general
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may establish a publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database that identifies covered foreign persons that are either engaged in a prohibited technology or a notifiable technology pursuant to this subchapter.
(b) Modification process
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to establish a mechanism for a covered foreign person to petition for their removal from or inclusion in the publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database described in (a).1
(c) Confidentiality of evidence
The Secretary shall establish a mechanism for the public, including Congress, stakeholders, investors, and nongovernmental organizations, to submit evidence on a confidential basis regarding whether a foreign person is a covered foreign person in a prohibited technology or notifiable technology and should be included in the database described in subsection (a), if any.
(d) Rule of construction
The database described in subsection (a), if any, shall not be considered to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of covered foreign persons for the purposes of this subchapter.

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History

(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, §805, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, §8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1930.)

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