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Adds new definitions to the chapter: a definition of "remote access" (as access to items on the Commerce Control List by a "foreign person of concern" through a cloud infrastructure service from outside the United States, including illustrative harmful uses) and a definition of "foreign person of concern" (covering certain countries/regions, entities, and persons subject to those governments).
Makes targeted insertions into the statement of policy provisions (paragraphs (1) and (2)) by inserting additional material at specified points in subparagraphs and introductory matter.
Adds authority explicitly covering the provision of remote access to items: inserts a new subsection (a)(3) granting control over provision of remote access to covered items and adds a corresponding regulatory authority in subsection (b) (paragraph (8)); updates subsection (c) cross-references and the list of covered actions to include provision of remote access.
Amends multiple subparagraphs to broaden phrasing from "export(s)" or "export controls" to "controls" and to incorporate remote access (e.g., modifying lists and adding wording to include remote access and to treat accesses analogous to transfers).
Makes targeted insertions into administration provisions and replaces phrasing "export controls" with broader "controls" in subsection (c).
Inserts additional language into licensing provisions at specified points in subsection (a) and subsection (b).
Inserts additional language into compliance assistance subsection (a) and modifies subsection (c)(2) wording to replace "export controls" with "controls."
Modifies penalty provisions by broadening certain references (e.g., replacing references to "export control document" with broader "document or report" and inserting remote-access phrasing into related clauses).
Updates enforcement provisions to include remote access where the statute previously referenced in-country transfer or transfer in-country.
Amends the annual report requirement in subsection (a)(1) by inserting additional language at the specified point.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced December 17, 2025 by David Harold McCormick · Last progress December 17, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate