[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8152 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8152

 To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for control 
           of remote access of items, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2024

Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Jackson of North Carolina, Mr. McCormick, 
and Ms. Crockett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for control 
           of remote access of items, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Remote Access Security Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTROL OF REMOTE ACCESS OF ITEMS UNDER THE EXPORT CONTROL 
              REFORM ACT OF 2018.

    The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 1742 (50 U.S.C. 4801), by adding at the end 
        the following:
            ``(15) Remote access.--The term `remote access' means--
                    ``(A) access to an item subject to the jurisdiction 
                of the United States by a foreign person through a 
                network connection, including the internet or a cloud 
                computing service, from a location other than where the 
                item is physically located; or
                    ``(B) any other form of access specified in 
                regulations promulgated by the Secretary.''.
            (2) In section 1752 (50 U.S.C. 4811)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or 
                        remote access of such items'' after ``export of 
                        items''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or 
                        remote access of such items'' after ``export of 
                        items''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``and in-country transfer of 
                        items'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, 
                        and remote access of items''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or 
                        remote access'' after ``the release''.
            (3) In section 1753 (50 U.S.C. 4812)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the remote access of items subject to the 
        jurisdiction of the United States by a foreign person.'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) regulate the remote access of items described in 
        (a)(3).''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking ``or in-country transfer'' 
                        each place it appears and inserting ``in-
                        country transfer, or remote access''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsections (b)(1) or 
                        (b)(2)'' and inserting ``subsections (b)(1), 
                        (b)(2), or (b)(8)''.
            (4) In section 1754 (50 U.S.C. 4813)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and 
                        remote access of controlled items'' after ``in-
                        country transfers of controlled items'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and 
                        in-country transfers'' and inserting ``in-
                        country transfers, and remote access'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and 
                        in-country transfers'' and inserting ``in-
                        country transfers, and remote access'';
                            (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking ``United 
                        States export control'' and inserting ``United 
                        States control'';
                            (v) in paragraph (7), by striking ``export 
                        controls'' and inserting ``controls'';
                            (vi) in paragraph (10), by striking ``or 
                        in-country transferred'' and inserting ``in-
                        country transferred or accessed remotely'';
                            (vii) in paragraph (11), by adding at the 
                        end before the semicolon the following: ``or 
                        remote access''; and
                            (viii) in paragraph (15), by adding at the 
                        end before ``; and'' the following: ``or 
                        remotely access'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``or in-country 
                transfer'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, or 
                remote access''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ``or in-
                country transfer'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, 
                or remote access''.
            (5) In section 1755 (50 U.S.C. 4814)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and 
                        in-country transfers'' and inserting ``in-
                        country transfers, and remote access''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and 
                        in-country transfers'' and inserting ``in-
                        country transfers, and remote access''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``export 
                controls'' and inserting ``controls''.
            (6) In section 1756 (50 U.S.C. 4815)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by striking ``and in-country transfer'' 
                and inserting ``in-country transfer, and remote 
                access''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``or in-country 
                transfer'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, or 
                remote access''.
            (7) In section 1757 (50 U.S.C. 4816)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``or in-country 
                transfer'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, or 
                remote access''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``export 
                controls'' and inserting ``controls''.
            (8) In section 1760 (50 U.S.C. 4819)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2)(F)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``any 
                        export control document or any report'' and 
                        inserting ``any document or report''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``or in-
                        country transfer'' and inserting ``in-country 
                        transfer, or remote access'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``or in-
                country transfer'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, 
                or remotely access (including the provision thereof)''; 
                and
                    (C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``or in-
                        country transfer outside the United States any 
                        item'' and inserting ``in-country transfer 
                        outside the United States any item or remotely 
                        access any item''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``or in-
                        country transfer'' and inserting ``in-country 
                        transfer, or remote access''.
            (9) In section 1761 (50 U.S.C. 4820)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ``or in-
                country transferred'' and inserting ``in-country 
                transferred, or remotely accessed''; and
                    (B) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ``or in-
                country transfer'' and inserting ``in-country transfer, 
                or remotely access''.
            (10) In section 1767(b)(2)(A) (50 U.S.C. 4825(b)(2)(A)), by 
        striking ``and in-country transfer'' and inserting ``in-country 
        transfer, or remote access''.
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