[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2512-S2513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 314. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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, add the following:

     SEC. 1299L. ASSESSMENT OF AND EXPORT CONTROL DECISIONS WITH 
                   RESPECT TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES-ORIGIN 
                   TECHNOLOGY USED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.

       (a) Assessment Required.--
       (1) In general.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall conduct an assessment of technology described in 
     paragraph (2) that could be or is being used by foreign 
     adversaries in foreign espionage programs targeting the 
     United States.
       (2) Technology described.--Technology described in this 
     paragraph is technology of United States origin that is 
     commercially available and not subject to export controls.
       (3) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit 
     a report on the assessment required by paragraph (1) to--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Consideration of Assessment in Export Control 
     Decisions.--The Secretary of

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     Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall each use the assessment conducted under 
     subsection (a) to inform decisions with respect to listing, 
     de-listing, or changing the control and regulation status of 
     technology for purposes of export controls within their 
     respective jurisdictions.
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