§6728 Annual Report on Inspections

Summary

The President must send a report, once no later than one year after October 21, 1998 and every year after that, in both classified and unclassified forms to certain congressional committees. The report covers inspections done under the Convention during the previous year and must say who the U.S. companies or entities were that reported under subchapter III; how many inspections happened in the United States; how many and which inspectors took part and how many were barred; the U.S. cost for each inspection and total costs to U.S. businesses; descriptions of the inspection circumstances including possible industrial espionage or inspector misconduct; who claimed losses of trade secrets, what happened, and what the U.S. government did to fix it; and any disruptions or delays of inspections outside the United States. “Appropriate congressional committees” means the Senate Committees on the Judiciary, on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committees on the Judiciary, on International Relations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.