Executive Order 14209: Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement To Further American Economic and National Security

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose and Policy
• Sec. 2. Policy of Enforcement Discretion
• Sec. 3. Severability
• Sec. 4. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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Since its enactment in 1977, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 78dd-1 et seq.) (FCPA) has been systematically, and to a steadily increasing degree, stretched beyond proper bounds and abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States. Current FCPA enforcement impedes the United States' foreign policy objectives and therefore implicates the President's Article II authority over foreign affairs. The President's foreign policy authority is inextricably linked with the global economic competitiveness of American companies. American national security depends in substantial part on the United States and its companies gaining strategic business advantages whether in critical minerals, deep- water ports, or other key infrastructure or assets. […]