---
title: "Screen a resources acquisition for a CFIUS filing"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/screen-a-resources-acquisition-for-a-foreign-investment-notification/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A13-PU20261022-3-US"
practice_area: "Energy, Resources & Mining"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen a resources acquisition for a CFIUS filing

> From the term sheet, record the acquirer, whether the papers describe the acquirer as a foreign person, the target, whether the target is described as a United States business, and whether the papers describe foreign…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Energy, Resources & Mining](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the term sheet, record the acquirer, whether the papers describe the acquirer as a foreign person, the target, whether the target is described as a United States business, and whether the papers describe foreign control. Do not decide that a declaration or a notice is required. |
| What the lawyer must review | A covered control transaction is any transaction proposed or pending after 23 August 1988, by or with any foreign person, that could result in foreign control of any United States business, including a transaction carried out through a joint venture (31 C.F.R. § 800.210). The Treasury page describes the filings as a declaration or a notice. It states no dollar threshold, and the mandatory-declaration list was not opened. A mining tenement that is not a United States business is outside that sentence. Real-estate rules in another part were not opened. You decide whether a filing is required. Opinion 512 requires you to verify the screen. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Screen a resources acquisition for a foreign investment notification](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/screen-a-resources-acquisition-for-a-foreign-investment-notification.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the term sheet, record the acquirer, whether the papers describe the acquirer as a foreign person, the target, whether the target is described as a United States business, and whether the papers describe foreign control. Do not decide that a declaration or a notice is required.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not treat an Australian foreign-investment tenement rule as this test.
- The definitions of foreign person, control, and United States business were not opened.

## Sources

- [31 C.F.R. § 800.210, Covered control transaction](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/800.210) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Department of the Treasury, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States](https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/international/the-committee-on-foreign-investment-in-the-united-states-cfius) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*