[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3319-S3320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6114. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1271. ANALYSIS OF THREATS POSED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARY 
                   ACCESS TO CONTROLLED ITEMS WITHIN THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) In General.--The Under Secretary of the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce, acting 
     through the Executive Director of the Office of Information 
     and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) shall, not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, complete a review of the impact on United States export 
     control effectiveness by operations of United States-
     domiciled affiliates of entities described in subsection 
     (b)(1)(B) and the national security threats posed by foreign 
     adversary exploitation of vulnerabilities in information and 
     communications technology and services (ICTS).
       (b) Contents.--The review required by subsection (a) shall 
     address the following:
       (1)(A) Whether United States-domiciled affiliates (defined 
     as owned 50 percent or more in the aggregate, directly or 
     indirectly) of the entities described in subparagraph (B) can 
     acquire items that their ultimate parent companies are 
     restricted from accessing due to United States export 
     controls.
       (B) The entities described in this subparagraph are--
       (i) entities identified on the Entity List; or
       (ii) entities identified on the Military End User List.
       (2) If the review concludes affirmatively the question 
     posed in paragraph (1), the impact on the effectiveness of 
     United States export controls.
       (3) The risks to United States national security or export 
     control effectiveness, if any, posed by the operation of 
     foreign-adversary controlled ICTS.
       (4) Whether any specific sectors of foreign-adversary 
     controlled ICTS pose undue risk, such as by undermining 
     export control effectiveness.
       (5) What steps, if any, the Under Secretary of the Bureau 
     of Industry and the Executive Director of the OICTS intend to 
     take within the next year to address the threats found in 
     paragraphs (1) through (4).
       (6) Any recommended change to United States law that would 
     help address any threats found from this review.
       (c) Report.--The Under Secretary of the Bureau of Industry 
     and Security of the Department of Commerce, acting through 
     the Executive Director of the Office of Information and 
     Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) shall, not 
     later than 30 days after completing the review required by 
     subsection (a), provide the results of the review to 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Banking, House, and Urban Affairs in the 
     Senate.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``Entity List'' means the list required 
     pursuant to Supplement No. 4 to

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     part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
     successor regulations by the Bureau of Industry and Security 
     of the Department of Commerce; and
       (2) the term ``Military End User List'' means the list 
     required pursuant to Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of title 
     15, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations by 
     the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of 
     Commerce.
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