- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5918. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12__. REVIEW OF EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPORT CONTROLS AND OF
THREATS POSED BY EXPLOITATION OF
VULNERABILITIES IN INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES.
(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Industry and Security, acting through the Executive
Director of the Office of Information and Communications
Technology and Services, shall complete a review of—
(1) the impact on the effectiveness of United States export
controls of operations of United States-domiciled affiliates
of covered foreign entities; and
(2) the national security threats posed by the exploitation
by foreign adversaries of vulnerabilities in information and
communications technology and services.
(b) Contents.—The review required by subsection (a) shall
address the following:
(1) Whether United States-domiciled affiliates of covered
foreign entities can acquire items that their ultimate parent
companies are restricted from accessing as a result of United
States export controls.
(2) If such affiliates can acquire those items, the impact
on the effectiveness of United States export controls.
(3) The risks to the national security of the United States
or the effectiveness of United States export controls, if
any, posed by the operation of foreign-adversary controlled
information and communications technology and services.
(4) Whether any specific sectors of foreign-adversary
controlled information and communications technology and
services pose undue risk, such as by undermining the
effectiveness of export controls.
(5) What steps, if any, the Under Secretary and the
Executive Director intend to take during the year following
the review to address the matters described in paragraphs (1)
through (4).
(6) Any recommended change to United States law that would
help address those matters.
(c) Report Required.—Not later than 30 days after
completing the review required by subsection (a), the Under
Secretary, acting through the Executive Director, shall
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the
review.
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Affiliate.—The term “affiliate”, with respect to an
entity, means to be under common ownership or control with
another entity.
(2) Covered foreign entity.—The term “covered foreign
entity” means an entity on—
(A) the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry
and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of
title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(B) the Military End-User List maintained by the Bureau of
Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 7 to
part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.