PUBLIC LAW 101-533 —NOV. 7, 1990 104 STAT. 2351 Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that the Director shall not construe this section in a manner which would prevent the augmentation and improvement of the quality of international data collected under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. SEC. 9. CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACT. 22 USC 3145. (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 the enactment of this Act. (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. SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 22 USC 3146. For purposes of this Act— (1) the terms "foreign", "direct investment", "international investment", "United States", "business enterprise", "foreign person", and "United States person" have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3102); and (2) the term "foreign direct investment in the United States" means direct investment by foreign persons in any business enterprise that is a United States person. Approved November 7, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2516 (H.R. 4520): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-855, Pt. 1 (Coram, on Foreign Affairs) and Ft. 2 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce), both accompanying H.R. 4520. SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-443 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 23, considered and passed House. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 26 (1990): Nov. 7, Presidential statement.
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