S.Amdt. 1902

SA 1902. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

SEC. 6302. REVIEW AND REFORM OF FOREIGN TRADE REGULATIONS AND
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall
conduct a review, and as appropriate, revise the Foreign
Trade Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations
to ensure that definitions and regulatory requirements for
collecting, compiling, and publishing export trade statistics
are being administered and enforced in a fair, consistent,
and equitable manner, including for exports of aircraft.
(b) Coordination.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall provide opportunities for interested non-
Federal stakeholders to engage with, and provide input and
recommendations to, the Secretary on the revision of the
Foreign Trade Regulations and the Export Administration
Regulations.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
a report to Congress on--
(1) the progress made in the review conducted under
subsection (a), including details on guidance material and
educational outreach to exporters on their reporting
obligations under the Foreign Trade Regulations and the
Export Administration Regulations;
(2) strategies to ensure compliance for required filings
through the Automated Export

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System, including the Electronic Export Information filing,
by developing guidance materials specific to exports of
aircraft;
(3) opportunities for improving the understanding of the
reporting requirements by all parties to both a routed and
standard export transaction, including a review of existing
guidance and the potential for new guidance defining which
party to a transaction is the United States Principal Party
In Interest or the Foreign Principal Party In Interest (as
those terms are defined in section 30.1 of the Foreign Trade
Regulations); and
(4) plans to enhance coordination between the Bureau of
Industry and Security, the Bureau of the Census, and other
Federal agencies in administering the Foreign Trade
Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations and
other relevant statutes and regulations.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Export administration regulations.--The term ``Export
Administration Regulations'' has the meaning given that term
in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50
U.S.C. 4801).
(2) Foreign trade regulations.--The term ``Foreign Trade
Regulations'' means part 30 of title 15, Code of Federal
Regulations.
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