31 CFR § 800.230 - Lead agency.

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title: "31 CFR § 800.230 - Lead agency."
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title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
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chapter_name: "OFFICE OF INVESTMENT SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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part_name: "REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CERTAIN INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES BY FOREIGN PERSONS"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4565; E.O. 11858, as amended, 73 FR 4677."
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# 800.230 Lead agency.

The term *lead agency* means the Department of the Treasury and any other agency designated by the Chairperson of the Committee to have primary responsibility, on behalf of the Committee, for the specific activity for which the Chairperson designates it as a lead agency, including all or a portion of an assessment, a review, an investigation, or the negotiation or monitoring of a mitigation agreement or condition.