U.S. Department of the Treasury

A filing admin is a user on a filing with permission to add or remove other users on the filing.  A filing admin may add new users either as additional filing admins or as a non-admin user.  

Non-admin users can view all non-restricted uploads and submit the filing but cannot add or remove other users.  The initial creator of a submission will always be a filing admin.

Information saved prior to submission is stored in the CMS web platform hosted by the Department of the Treasury.  However, a CFIUS case officer will not begin review of the information until the draft or formal written notice has been submitted through the CMS.

The CMS accepts Excel, Word, and PDF files.

While certain fields of the web form require data for saving, processing, and submission, in order to streamline the efficiency of the CMS, parties are encouraged to upload Excel files for large spreadsheets.  In addition, parties may upload confidential responses as a separate document and enter “see Exhibit #” in the web form.  However, parties may not simply defer all responses to attachments when submitting a declaration or filing a notice.  Treasury may reject declarations and request the refiling of notices that only reference attachments.

Yes.  The CMS accepts individual files up to 20 megabytes in size.

Documents, such as personal identifier information, that are not to be accessed by other individuals on a filing must be uploaded as a “Restricted Document.”  If you upload a Restricted Document, then the uploader and CFIUS will be the only ones with access to the Restricted Document; no other individuals will be able to see the title of the Restricted Document.

Users should contact Pay.gov at https://www.pay.gov/public/home/contact.

Once a user submits a filing fee through the CMS portal, they will be taken to a “CFIUS – Payment Success” page.  If a payment is successfully submitted to Pay.gov, the payment status will say “Payment Submitted – Pending Receipt.”  Once the payment has cleared, the payment status will say “Payment Received,” indicating that the Pay.gov system has received the filing fee payment.  If a payment is not successful, the payment status will say “Payment Failed.”

Yes.  An ID.me account is necessary to access the CMS portal and pay the filing fee.  Instructions to create an ID.me account are found on the CMS page on the CFIUS website.

Beginning on August 9, 2020, filing fees must be submitted through Pay.gov via the CMS portal.  The CFIUS Filing Fees page contains information on filing fees and submission instructions.  In addition, the CMS User Guide on the CMS page and the Payment Instructions document contain detailed information on how to submit a filing fee through the CMS portal.  Because filing fees are submitted directly through the CMS portal, users do not need to include a receipt with their formal filing; however, CFIUS recommends that users retain a copy of the receipt for recordkeeping purposes.  CFIUS cannot accept a formal written notice until it has received the filing fee payment.