Treasury Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Expand Outbound Investment Security Program

Treasury Proposes Sweeping Expansion of US Outbound Investment Restrictions Under COINS Act // Cooley // Global Law Firm

On October 22, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) proposed a sweeping expansion of the US Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP), implementing the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act and marking the most significant tightening yet of restrictions on US capital flowing to China, Russia and other foreign adversaries. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) would broaden the list of “countries of co…

Treasury Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Expand Outbound Investment Security Program

On October 26, 2026, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) that would implement Subtitle C of the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act (“COINS Act”) to expand the coverage of the existing Outbound Investment Security Program (“OISP”) (see Update of October 8, 2026). The OISP came into effect […]

Treasury Issues Coins Act Proposed Rule to Expand Outbound Investment Restrictions

The Treasury Department late on Oct. 22 released the text of a proposed rule that would implement the Coins Act, a bill signed into law in December that aims to expand the scope of countries and sectors subject to U.S...

Treasury Proposes Outbound Investment Program Updates

Treasury has proposed updates to its outbound investment program, adding biotech, hypersonics and supercomputing to covered sectors. The post Treasury Proposes Rule to Update Outbound Investment Security Program first appeared on Executive Gov.