Foreign acquisitions of U.S. owned companies : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session on to review the implementation of the Exon-Florio provision to the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 which was codified as section 721 of the Defense Production Act authorizing the President to suspend or prohibit any acquisition, merger, or takeover of a person engaged in interstates commerce in the United States by or with foreign persons so that such control will not threaten to impair the national security, June 4, 1992.