What is the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)?
CFIUS is an interagency committee chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct reviews of proposed mergers, acquisitions or takeovers of US persons by foreign interests under section 721 of the Defense Production Act. CFIUS is a voluntary process that affords an opportunity to foreign persons and US persons entering into a covered transaction to submit the transaction for review by CFIUS to assess the impact of the transaction on US national security.