Bill Would Give BIS More Entity List Authority
Reps. Max Miller, R-Ohio, and Jefferson Shreve, R-Ind., introduced a bill Dec. 1 that would broaden the authority of the Bureau of Industry and Security to place companies on its Entity List.
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The Addressing Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Exports and Research to Strategic Adversaries, Regimes and Industrial Entities of Security Concern Act, or Adversaries Act, would allow BIS to add more types of firms to the Entity List, including subsidiaries if they're owned 50% or more by companies on that list. It also would permit BIS to add firms from its Military End-User List and the Defense Department’s 1260H List of Chinese military companies.
The lawmakers said the legislation is intended to close a "loophole" in U.S. export controls. The bill, which has two more Republican co-sponsors, was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.