22 USC § 3145 - Construction of foreign direct investment and international financial data provisions

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title: "22 USC § 3145 - Construction of foreign direct investment and international financial data provisions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3145"
section_name: "Construction of foreign direct investment and international financial data provisions"
chapter_number: 46
chapter_name: "FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–533, § 9, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2351.)"
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# § 3145. Construction of foreign direct investment and international financial data provisions

**(a)** **In general** November 7, 1990

Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to require any business enterprise or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, or employees, or any other person, to provide information beyond that which is required before .

**1** **Implementation** All departments and agencies implementing this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall, with respect to surveys or questionnaires used in such implementation—

consistent with the purposes of the provisions of law amended by this Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.[^1]

**(1)** eliminate questions that are no longer necessary,

**(2)** cooperate with one another in order to ensure that questions asked are consistent among the departments and agencies, and

**(3)** develop new questions in order to obtain more refined statistics and analyses,

See References in Text note below.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–533, § 9, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2351.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act or the amendments made by this Act, referred to in text, is , , , 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 Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (b), is , , , which was classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 3501 et seq.) of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, prior to the general amendment of that chapter by , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1980 Amendment note set out under  and Tables.