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This phrase is chronologically incorrect.

• Treasury’s CFIUS guidance says the President’s authority under Section 721 was “initially provided” by a 1988 amendment known as Exon-Florio.
• Treasury testimony likewise states that President Ford created CFIUS in 1975 to monitor and report on foreign investment, but with no power to stop transactions, and that the 1988 Exon-Florio law created Section 721.

So CFIUS was indeed established in 1975, but not pursuant to Section 721, because Section 721 did not exist until 1988.

The article misnames one of the original CFIUS members.

In the text of President Ford’s original Executive Order 11858 (May 7, 1975), section 1(a)(6) lists “The Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy.” It does not say “Council on Foreign Economic Policy.”

So the office identified here is the wrong council name.

This sentence incorrectly suggests that all companies in foreign acquisitions are expected to file with CFIUS.

Treasury’s CFIUS overview says the declaration process “remains largely voluntary” and that “[i]n some circumstances, filing a declaration for a transaction is mandatory.” In particular, Treasury points to mandatory declarations only for certain transactions involving a foreign government’s substantial interest or certain critical technologies.

So CFIUS notification is not a universal requirement for all companies involved in an acquisition by a foreign firm. The filing regime is mostly voluntary, with mandatory filing requirements limited to specified categories of transactions.

This misstates the CFIUS timeline.

Treasury’s overview says that when a matter is referred to the President, section 721(d) requires the President to announce a decision within 15 days of CFIUS’s completion of the investigation.

The statute’s separate 15-day extension applies to the investigation stage, not the presidential review stage: 50 U.S.C. § 4565 states that, in extraordinary circumstances, the chairperson may “extend an investigation ... for one 15-day period.”

So the law allows a one-time extension of the investigation, but it does not authorize CFIUS to extend the President’s 15-day decision period.

This sentence no longer matches the current CFIUS penalty regulations.

Under 31 C.F.R. § 800.901:

• a material misstatement or omission in a declaration/notice can be penalized up to $5,000,000 per violation;
• failure to comply with the mandatory filing requirement can be penalized up to $5,000,000 or the value of the transaction, whichever is greater;
• the $250,000-or-transaction-value cap applies only to certain mitigation agreements, conditions, or orders entered into before December 26, 2024; and
• for mitigation agreements, conditions, or orders entered into on or after December 26, 2024, the maximum penalty can be the greatest of $5,000,000 or specified value-based measures.

So a blanket statement that CFIUS violations are capped at $250,000 per violation or transaction value is incorrect under current law.

The article misidentifies the type of presidential action.

The White House page for “America First Investment Policy” is labeled “MEMORANDUM” and begins, “MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ...”. That memorandum includes the directive that the United States will use legal instruments, including CFIUS, to restrict PRC-affiliated investment in strategic sectors.

So the policy existed, but it was not an executive order.

This mischaracterizes what DOJ said it was enforcing.

DOJ’s February 10, 2026 press release states that the United States filed a complaint “to enforce a presidential order” prohibiting Suirui Group’s acquisition and requiring divestment. The same release explains that CFIUS is empowered to review and investigate such transactions, while the President has the authority to suspend or prohibit them.

So the first lawsuit was not described by DOJ as enforcement of a CFIUS ruling; it was enforcement of a presidential order issued after the CFIUS process.