PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress a report by December 31 each year about how the rules in this subchapter were carried out during the preceding fiscal year. The report must review nine areas, including the effects of export, reexport, and in-country transfer controls on national security and foreign policy (and license processing times); the impact on U.S. science and technology leadership; how other countries’ controls compare; help given to exporters, especially small and medium businesses; a summary of rule changes and enforcement actions (including end-use monitoring under the Export Administration Regulations); approved licenses to proscribed persons (banned people or groups); actions under section 4817 about any critical technologies and how they were controlled; and summaries of industrial base assessments like counterfeit electronics and key defense-related technologies. The report must be unclassified but can include a classified annex.

Title 50, §4824

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(a)In general

The Secretary shall submit to Congress, by December 31 of each year, a report on the implementation of this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include a review of— (1)

(2)the impact of such controls on the scientific and technological leadership of the United States;

(3)the consistency with such controls of export controls imposed by other countries;

(4)efforts to provide exporters with compliance assistance, including specific actions to assist small- and medium-sized businesses;

(5)a summary of regulatory changes from the prior fiscal year;

(6)a summary of export enforcement actions, including of actions taken to implement end-use monitoring of dual-use, military, and other items subject to the Export Administration Regulations;

(7)a summary of approved license applications to proscribed persons;

(8)efforts undertaken within the previous year to comply with the requirements of section 4817 of this title, including any critical technologies identified under such section and how or whether such critical technologies were controlled for export; and

(9)a summary of industrial base assessments conducted during the previous year by the Department of Commerce, including with respect to counterfeit electronics, foundational technologies, and other research and analysis of critical technologies and industrial capabilities of key defense-related sectors.

(b)Form

The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this part”, meaning part I (§§ 1751–1768) of subtitle B of title XVII of div. A of Pub. L. 115–232, known as the Export Controls Act of 2018, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of part I to the Code, see section 1751 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a

Short Title

note under section 4801 of this title and Tables. section 4817 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(8), was in the original “section 1759”, and was translated as meaning section 1758 of Pub. L. 115–232, which relates to requirements to identify and control the export of emerging and foundational technologies and is classified to section 4817 of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

§4824 Annual Report to Congress