Request for Information Pertaining to the CFIUS Known Investor Program and Streamlining the Foreign Investment Review Process

Document 2026-02481 is a Proposed Rule published by the Department of the Treasury in the Federal Register on February 9, 2026. The Office of Investment Security, within the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department), is seeking public input on how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) may streamline aspects of its foreign investment review process, including through the Known Investor Program as described below, while maintaining its rigorous analysis that identifies and addresses national security risk. This request for information (RFI) may inform CFIUS's development of statutory and/or regulatory reform proposals to increase efficiencies. The Treasury Department plans to make all submissions publicly available at https://www.regulations.gov. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/09/2026-02481/request-for-information-pertaining-to-the-cfius-known-investor-program-and-streamlining-the-foreign.

No. Document 2026-02481 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.