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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Office of Investment Security

          - 31 CFR Part 802

# AGENCY:

Office of Investment Security, Department of the Treasury.

# ACTION:

Determination.

# SUMMARY:

The Department of the Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, is publishing the Committee's determination that two foreign states have made significant progress toward establishing and effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security.

# DATES:

January 5, 2022.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Laura Black, Director of Investment Security Policy and International Relations, at U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220; telephone: (202) 622-3425; email:                         *CFIUS.FIRRMA@treasury.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Electronic Availability

The list of excepted real estate foreign states and additional information with respect to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) are available on the Committee's section of the Department of the Treasury website.

## Notice of CFIUS Action

The Committee, taking into consideration the factors identified on the Committee's section of the Department of the Treasury website, has determined, under the authority of section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and 31 CFR 802.1001(a), that: (1) Australia has made significant progress toward establishing and effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security; and (2) Canada has made significant progress toward establishing and effectively utilizing a robust process to analyze foreign investments for national security risks and to facilitate coordination with the United States on matters relating to investment security.

                    This determination satisfies the second criterion in the definition of excepted real estate foreign state under 31 CFR 802.214 with respect to Australia and Canada. Therefore, Australia and Canada are and will remain excepted real estate foreign states absent further Committee action and notice in the                     **Federal Register**                    .                

Larry McDonald,

Acting Assistant Secretary for International Markets.

[FR Doc. 2022-00234 Filed 1-5-22; 4:15 pm]

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