Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§3146 Definitions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 46A— - FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA › § 3146

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives meanings for key words used in the Act. The words foreign; direct investment; international investment; United States; business enterprise; foreign person; and United States person use the meanings in section 3102. "Foreign direct investment in the United States" means direct investment by foreign persons in a business that is a United States person.

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Title 22, §3146

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For purposes of this Act—

(1)the terms “foreign”, “direct investment”, “international investment”, “United States”, “business enterprise”, “foreign person”, and “United States person” have the meanings given those terms in section 3102 of this title; and

(2)the term “foreign direct investment in the United States” means direct investment by foreign persons in any business enterprise that is a United States person.

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This Act, referred to in text, 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

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note set out under section 3141 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3146

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73