[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5063]
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  SA 2829. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1291. REVIEW OF EXPORT CONTROLS ON ITEMS WITH CRITICAL 
                   CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to use export controls to the extent necessary to 
     further the protection of internationally recognized human 
     rights.
       (b) Review of Items With Critical Capabilities To Enable 
     Human Rights Abuses.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate thereafter, 
     the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
     the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other 
     Federal agencies as appropriate, shall conduct a review of 
     items subject to controls for crime control reasons pursuant 
     to section 742.7 of the Export Administration Regulations.
       (c) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--In furtherance of the policy set forth in 
     subsection (a), not later than 180 days after completing the 
     review required by subsection (b), the Secretary, in 
     coordination with the heads of other Federal agencies as 
     appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on whether additional export controls are 
     needed to protect human rights.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include consideration of--
       (A) whether controls for crime control reasons pursuant to 
     section 742.7 of the Export Administration Regulations should 
     be imposed on additional items, including items with critical 
     capabilities to enable human rights abuses involving--
       (i) censorship or social control;
       (ii) surveillance, interception, or restriction of 
     communications;
       (iii) monitoring or restricting access to or use of the 
     internet;
       (iv) identification of individuals through facial or voice 
     recognition or biometric indicators; or
       (v) DNA sequencing;
       (B) whether end-use and end-user controls should be imposed 
     on the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain 
     items with critical capabilities to enable human rights 
     abuses that are subject to the Export Administration 
     Regulations if the person seeking to export, reexport, or 
     transfer the item has knowledge, or the Secretary determines 
     and so informs that person, that the end-user or ultimate 
     consignee will use the item to enable human rights abuses; 
     and
       (C) the effects of multilateral cooperation with other 
     governments on implementing controls described in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B).
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
     the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) End-user; knowledge; ultimate consignee.--The terms 
     ``end-user'', ``knowledge'', and ``ultimate consignee'' have 
     the meanings given those terms in section 772.1 of the Export 
     Administration Regulations.
       (3) Export; export administration regulations; in-country 
     transfer; item; reexport.--The terms ``export'', ``Export 
     Administration Regulations'', ``in-country transfer'', 
     ``item'', and ``reexport'' have the meanings given those 
     terms in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 
     2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Commerce.
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