Us Code § 3145 - Construction of foreign direct investment and international financial data provisions
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§ 3145. Construction of foreign direct investment and international financial data provisions
(a) In general
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 November 7, 1990.
(b) 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—
(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,
consistent with the purposes of the provisions of law amended by this Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.1
(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 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 Short Title note set out under section 3141 of this title and Tables.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 96–511, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2812, 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 Pub. L. 104–13, §2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 163. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1980 Amendment note set out under section 101 of Title 44 and Tables.
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