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Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110

§4585 Public Database of Covered Foreign Persons

Title 50 › CHAPTER 55 — DEFENSE PRODUCTION › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROHIBITION AND NOTIFICATION ON INVESTMENTS RELATING TO COVERED NATIONAL SECURITY TRANSACTIONS › § 4585

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, working with the Secretary of Commerce, may create a public database that names foreign persons involved in prohibited technology or notifiable technology under this law. The list would be available to the public but would not be a complete record of all such foreign persons. The Secretary must also set up a way for a listed foreign person to ask to be added or removed, and a way for the public — including Congress, investors, and NGOs — to submit evidence privately about whether someone should be on the list.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §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).
(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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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 4585

Title 50, War and National Defense

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110