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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last progress June 11, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 11, 2025 by Elissa Slotkin
Creates a new Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services inside the Export Control Reform Act framework, updates related definitions and reporting rules, and adds an additional Assistant Secretary position at the Department of Commerce. It also changes the definition of “United States person” and requires an annual report describing how new authorities are used to prevent entities of concern from obtaining sensitive technology.
Adds new material to the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 by inserting additional provisions at the end of the Act (establishing Part IV / Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services). The bill text indicates the Act “is amended by adding at the end the following:” but the inserted text is not shown in this excerpt.
Amends the definition of “United States person” in section 1742(13)(A) by striking “part I” and inserting “parts I and IV.”
Amends Section 1765(a) (annual report) to make small text/punctuation changes and to add a new paragraph (10) requiring the annual report to include “a summary of how authorities under part IV are being used to ensure that entities of concern (as defined in section 1785) cannot undercut United States export controls by acquiring sensitive technology within the United States.”
Amends Section 1782(a) regarding Assistant Secretaries of Commerce: replaces existing text to read “Senate— (1) two;” and adds at the end a provision establishing “(2) one Assistant Secretary of Commerce to assist the Under Secretary in carrying out part IV.”
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Last progress June 11, 2025 (8 months ago)
Who is affected and how:
Technology developers and companies working on critical and emerging technologies: They will face clearer and possibly expanded export-control oversight focused on ICT. The changed definition of "United States person" may alter who must comply with U.S. licensing and enforcement rules.
Entities and persons in the United States: Businesses, researchers, and individuals operating in or interacting with U.S. ICT supply chains may see changes in compliance obligations, licensing expectations, and enforcement reach because of the revised definition and new office oversight.
Department of Commerce and federal administrators: Commerce will need to create and staff the new office, appoint an additional Assistant Secretary, and adjust internal reporting, legal, and compliance processes to execute expanded authorities and produce the required annual report.
Foreign entities and entities of concern: The law tightens mechanisms to prevent certain foreign actors from acquiring sensitive U.S. technologies; affected foreign companies and intermediaries may encounter stricter screening, export controls, and potential restrictions.
Regulators, compliance officers, and legal advisors: Will need to interpret and apply the new definition of "United States person," adjust export-control compliance programs, and respond to increased reporting and enforcement activity.
Net effect: The change centralizes ICT export-control policy within Commerce, expands administrative oversight, and likely increases compliance and enforcement activity directed at preventing entities of concern from acquiring sensitive technologies. The absence of explicit appropriations in the text indicates implementation depends on Commerce’s budgetary actions and potential future funding decisions.