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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 2062

Presidential report to Congress.

Land data system. Findings and conclusions, submittal to Congress.

Reporting and recordkeeping.

PUBLIC LAW 94-472—OCT. 11, 1976

United States portfolio investment abroad and, for such purpose, shall (among other things and to the extent he determines necessary and feasible) determine the magnitude and aggregate value of portfolio investment, form of investments, types of investors, nationality of investors and recorded residence of private holders, diversification of holdings by economic sector, and holders of record. The President shall complete such survey not later than the end of the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. After completion of such survey, the President shall report to the Congress on the feasibility and desirability of conducting, on a periodic basis, additional benchmark surveys of United States portfolio investment abroad. If he determines that such additional benchmark surveys are feasible and desirable, he may conduct such surveys. (d) The President shall conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a system to monitor foreign direct investment in agricultural, rural, and urban real property, including the feasibility of establishing a nationwide multipurpose land data system, and shall submit his findings and conclusions to the Congress not later than two years after the enactment of this Act. (e) Activities shall be conducted so that information obtained pursuant to this Act shall be timely and useful in the development of policy with respect to international investment. Reporting and recordkeeping requirements imposed under this Act shall be designed in order to minimize costs to the extent feasible, consistent with effective enforcement and the compilation of information required by this Act. Reporting, recordkeeping, and documentation requirements shall be periodically reviewed and revised in the light of developments in the field of information technology. (f) In collecting information under this Act, the President shall ^ive due regard to the costs incurred by persons supplying such information, as well as to the costs incurred by the Government, and shall insure that the information collected is only in such detail as is necessary to fulfill the stated purposes for which the information is being gathered. RI7L£S AND REGULATIONS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION

22 USC 3104.

Recordkeeping.

Reports.

SEC. 5. (a) The authorities and responsibilities under this Act may be exercised through such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) Rules or regulations issued pursuant to this Act may require any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States— (1) to maintain a complete record of any information (including journals or other books of original entry, minute books, stock transfer records, lists of shareholders, or financial statements) which is essential to carrying out the international investment surveys and studies to be conducted under this Act; and (2) to furnish, under oath, any report containing information which is determined to be necessary to carry out the international investment surveys and studies conducted under this Act. (c) Access to information obtained under subsection (b)(2) of this section shall be available only to officials or employees designated to perform functions under this Act, including consultants and persons working on contracts awarded pursuant to this Act. Subject to the limitation of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the President may authorize the exchange between agencies or officials designated by him of information furnished by any person under this Act as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Nothing in this section