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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2683
5	5	To provide for control of remote access of items under the Export Control
6	6	Reform Act of 2018.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL7, 2025
9	9	Mr. L
10	10	AWLER(for himself, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. MCCORMICK, Ms. KAMLAGER-
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12	12	OVE, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. HUIZENGA) introduced the following
13	13	bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To provide for control of remote access of items under the
16	16	Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Remote Access Secu-4
21	21	rity Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. CONTROL OF REMOTE ACCESS OF ITEMS UNDER 6
23	23	THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT OF 2018. 7
24	24	The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 is amended 8
25	25	as follows: 9
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29	29	(1) In section 1742 (50 U.S.C. 4801), by add-1
30	30	ing at the end the following: 2
31	31	‘‘(15) R
32	32	EMOTE ACCESS.—The term ‘remote ac-3
33	33	cess’ means— 4
34	34	‘‘(A) access to an item subject to the juris-5
35	35	diction of the United States by a foreign person 6
36	36	through a network connection, including the 7
37	37	internet or a cloud computing service, from a 8
38	38	location other than where the item is physically 9
39	39	located; or 10
40	40	‘‘(B) any other form of access specified in 11
41	41	regulations promulgated by the Secretary.’’. 12
42	42	(2) In section 1752 (50 U.S.C. 4811)— 13
43	43	(A) in paragraph (1)— 14
44	44	(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 15
45	45	‘‘or remote access of such items’’ after 16
46	46	‘‘export of items’’; and 17
47	47	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 18
48	48	‘‘or remote access of such items’’ after 19
49	49	‘‘export of items’’; and 20
50	50	(B) in paragraph (2)— 21
51	51	(i) in the matter preceding subpara-22
52	52	graph (A), by striking ‘‘and in-country 23
53	53	transfer of items’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-24
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57	57	try transfer, and remote access of items’’; 1
58	58	and 2
59	59	(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 3
60	60	‘‘or remote access’’ after ‘‘the release’’. 4
61	61	(3) In section 1753 (50 U.S.C. 4812)— 5
62	62	(A) in subsection (a)— 6
63	63	(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 7
64	64	‘‘and’’ at the end; 8
65	65	(ii) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking 9
66	66	the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 10
67	67	and’’; and 11
68	68	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-12
69	69	lowing: 13
70	70	‘‘(3) the remote access of items subject to the 14
71	71	jurisdiction of the United States by a foreign per-15
72	72	son.’’; 16
73	73	(B) in subsection (b)— 17
74	74	(i) in paragraph (6), by striking 18
75	75	‘‘and’’ at the end; 19
76	76	(ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 20
77	77	period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 21
78	78	and 22
79	79	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-23
80	80	lowing: 24
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84	84	‘‘(8) regulate the remote access of items de-1
85	85	scribed in (a)(3).’’; and 2
86	86	(C) in subsection (c)— 3
87	87	(i) by striking ‘‘or in-country trans-4
88	88	fer’’ each place it appears and inserting 5
89	89	‘‘in-country transfer, or remote access’’; 6
90	90	and 7
91	91	(ii) by striking ‘‘subsections (b)(1) or 8
92	92	(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(1), 9
93	93	(b)(2), or (b)(8)’’. 10
94	94	(4) In section 1754 (50 U.S.C. 4813)— 11
95	95	(A) in subsection (a)— 12
96	96	(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 13
97	97	in-country transfers’’ and inserting ‘‘in- 14
98	98	country transfers, and remote access’’; 15
99	99	(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 16
100	100	in-country transfers’’ and inserting ‘‘in- 17
101	101	country transfers, and remote access’’; 18
102	102	(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 19
103	103	‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 20
104	104	‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 21
105	105	(iv) in paragraph (6), by striking 22
106	106	‘‘United States export control’’ and insert-23
107	107	ing ‘‘United States control’’; 24
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111	111	(v) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘ex-1
112	112	port controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’; 2
113	113	(vi) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘or 3
114	114	in-country transferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in- 4
115	115	country transferred or accessed remotely’’; 5
116	116	(vii) in paragraph (11), by adding at 6
117	117	the end before the semicolon the following: 7
118	118	‘‘or remote access’’; and 8
119	119	(viii) in paragraph (15), by adding at 9
120	120	the end before ‘‘; and’’ the following: ‘‘or 10
121	121	remotely access (including the provision 11
122	122	thereof)’’; 12
123	123	(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or in- 13
124	124	country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 14
125	125	transfer, or remote access’’; and 15
126	126	(C) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or 16
127	127	in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 17
128	128	transfer, or remote access (including the provi-18
129	129	sion thereof)’’. 19
130	130	(5) In section 1755 (50 U.S.C. 4814)— 20
131	131	(A) in subsection (b)(2)— 21
132	132	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 22
133	133	‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 23
134	134	‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access 24
135	135	(including the provision thereof)’’; and 25
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139	139	(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 1
140	140	‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 2
141	141	‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access 3
142	142	(including the provision thereof)’’; and 4
143	143	(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘export 5
144	144	controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’. 6
145	145	(6) In section 1756 (50 U.S.C. 4815)— 7
146	146	(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-8
147	147	ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and in-coun-9
148	148	try transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country trans-10
149	149	fer, and remote access’’; and 11
150	150	(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or in- 12
151	151	country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 13
152	152	transfer, or provide remote access to’’. 14
153	153	(7) In section 1757 (50 U.S.C. 4816)— 15
154	154	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or in- 16
155	155	country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 17
156	156	transfer, or remote access’’; and 18
157	157	(B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘ex-19
158	158	port controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’. 20
159	159	(8) In section 1760 (50 U.S.C. 4819)— 21
160	160	(A) in subsection (a)(2)(F)— 22
161	161	(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘any ex-23
162	162	port control document or any report’’ and 24
163	163	inserting ‘‘any document or report’’; and 25
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167	167	(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or in- 1
168	168	country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-2
169	169	try transfer, or remote access’’; 3
170	170	(B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘or 4
171	171	in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 5
172	172	transfer, or remotely access (including the pro-6
173	173	vision thereof)’’; and 7
174	174	(C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— 8
175	175	(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or in- 9
176	176	country transfer outside the United States 10
177	177	any item’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country trans-11
178	178	fer outside the United States any item or 12
179	179	remotely access any item (or provide such 13
180	180	access)’’; and 14
181	181	(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or in- 15
182	182	country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-16
183	183	try transfer of items, or provide remote ac-17
184	184	cess to items’’. 18
185	185	(9) In section 1761 (50 U.S.C. 4820)— 19
186	186	(A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘or in- 20
187	187	country transferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 21
188	188	transferred, or remotely accessed’’; and 22
189	189	(B) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking 23
190	190	‘‘or in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-24
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194	194	try transfer of items, or provide remote access 1
195	195	to items’’. 2
196	196	(10) In section 1767(b)(2)(A) (50 U.S.C. 3
197	197	4825(b)(2)(A)), by striking ‘‘and in-country trans-4
198	198	fer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country transfer, or remote 5
199	199	access’’. 6
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