[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4296-S4297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2465. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to
the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 G of title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. 1287. MODIFICATIONS TO EXPORT CONTROL LAWS.
(a) Export Control Reform Act of 2018.--The Export Control
Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 1753(a)(2)(F) (50 U.S.C. 4812(a)(2)(F)), by
striking ``foreign military intelligence services'' and
inserting ``foreign national militaries, intelligence
services, or police'';
(2) in section 1754 (50 U.S.C. 4813)--
(A) by striking subsection (b);
(B) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as
subsections (b) through (e), respectively; and
(C) in subsections (d) and (e), as redesignated by
subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection (d)'' each place
it appears and inserting ``subsection (c)'';
(3) in section 1758 (50 U.S.C. 4817)--
(A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
``(A) Mandatory exceptions.--The Secretary may not control
under this subsection the export of any technology if the
regulation of the export of that technology is prohibited
under any provision of law.'';
(B) by striking subsection (e); and
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(C) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
(e) and (f), respectively;
(4) in section 1760(a)(3) (50 U.S.C. 4819(a)(3)), by
inserting ``and any other relevant agency'' after ``notify
the Department of Commerce'';
(5) in section 1761(h) (50 U.S.C. 4820(h))--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``requested or''
after ``Information''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
``(E) Disclosure of information.--Except as provided in
this paragraph, information described in subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (1) obtained in the administration or enforcement
of export controls under the licensing jurisdiction of the
Department of Commerce may not be disclosed by a Federal
agency other than the Department of Commerce unless the
release of such information is determined by the Secretary to
be in the national interest under subparagraph (A) of that
paragraph.'';
(6) in section 1765(a)(8) (50 U.S.C. 4824(a)(8)), by
striking ``section 1759'' and inserting ``section 1758'';
(7) in section 1768(c) (50 U.S.C. 4826(c)), by striking
``section 1754(c)'' each place it appears and inserting
``section 1754(b)'';
(8) in section 1773(b)(1) (50 U.S.C. 4842(b)(1))--
(A) by striking ``section 1752(1)(D)'' and inserting
``section 1752(2)(D)''; and
(B) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``section
1772''; and
(9) in section 1774(a) (50 U.S.C. 4843(a)), in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``described in'' after
``unlawful act''.
(b) Conforming Amendment to International Emergency
Economic Powers Act.--Section 203(b)(3) of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)) is
amended by striking ``section 5 of the Export Administration
Act of 1979'' and all that follows through ``antiterrorism
policies of the United States'' and inserting ``section 1753
of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4812) to
the extent that such controls promote the national security
or foreign policy of the United States as set forth in
section 1752 of that Act (50 U.S.C. 4811)''.
(c) Repeal of Export Controls on High Performance
Computers.--Subtitle B of title XII of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 50
U.S.C. 4604 note) is repealed.
(d) Repeal of Report on Certain Export Licenses.--Section
1503 of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 Stat. 579) is amended by
striking ``Provided further, That not more'' and all that
follows through ``such items:''.
(e) Repeal of Reports on State Sponsors of Terrorism.--
Section 906 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7205) is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(2) by striking ``(a) Requirement.--'';
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subsections
(a) and (b), respectively, and by moving such subsections, as
so redesignated, 2 ems to the left;
(4) in subsection (a), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by
striking ``section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1))'' and inserting ``section
1754(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018'';
and
(5) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking
``Paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``Subsection (a)''.
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