118 HR 8152 IH: Remote Access Security Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2024-04-29
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8152
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
A BILL
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for control of remote access of items, and for other purposes.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Remote Access Security Act”.
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”.