House Bill Would Add Export Control Officers at BIS
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, introduced a bill July 17 that would require the Bureau of Industry and Security to increase the number of export control officers stationed in foreign countries to at least 20, up from 11 today.
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The proposed Export Controls Enforcement Act, which has three co-sponsors, says BIS needs more officers to prevent and catch illegal diversions of controlled U.S. exports. Individual officers often cover multiple countries, and dozens of countries have no officer assigned to them, the legislation says.
BIS head Jeffrey Kessler told the subcommittee in June that his FY 2026 budget request, which is pending in Congress, would allow his agency to increase the number of export control officers stationed overseas to 30 (see 2506120073).