Export Control Reform Bill Introduced
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., introduced the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 on Feb. 15, he said in a news release. “In recent years, the government in Beijing has increasingly forced U.S. companies to hand over…
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sensitive technology as a cost of doing business in China,” Royce said. The bill would help “modernize our regulatory control system and make clear the U.S. will not tolerate this behavior.” The bill also would repeal the lapsed Export Administration Act and replace “it with a modern, permanent statutory authority to better regulate U.S. dual-use and Department of Commerce-licensed military exports.” Ranking member Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., co-sponsored the legislation. Royce also released a detailed summary of the bill.