S.Amdt. 3575

SA 3575. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military

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personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1265. REVIEW OF EXPORT CONTROLS ON ITEMS WITH CRITICAL
CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to use export controls to the extent necessary to
further the protection of internationally recognized human
rights.
(b) Review of Items With Critical Capabilities To Enable
Internationally Recognized Human Rights Abuses.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and as appropriate thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination
with the Secretary of State, the Director of National
Intelligence, and the heads of other Federal agencies as
appropriate, shall conduct a review of items subject to
controls for crime control reasons pursuant to section 742.7
of the Export Administration Regulations.
(c) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--In furtherance of the policy set forth in
subsection (a), not later than 180 days after completing the
review required by subsection (b), the Secretary, in
coordination with the heads of other Federal agencies as
appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on whether additional export controls are
needed to protect internationally recognized human rights.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include consideration of--
(A) whether controls for crime control reasons pursuant to
section 742.7 of the Export Administration Regulations should
be imposed on additional items, including items with critical
capabilities to enable internationally recognized human
rights abuses involving--
(i) censorship or social control;
(ii) surveillance, interception, or restriction of
communications;
(iii) monitoring or restricting access to or use of the
internet;
(iv) identification of individuals through facial or voice
recognition or biometric indicators; or
(v) DNA sequencing;
(B) whether end-use and end-user controls should be imposed
on the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain
items that are subject to the Export Administration
Regulations and have critical capabilities to enable
internationally recognized human rights abuses if the person
seeking to export, reexport, or transfer the item has
knowledge, or the Secretary determines and so informs that
person, that the end-user or ultimate consignee will use the
item to enable internationally recognized human rights
abuses; and
(C) the effects of multilateral cooperation with other
governments on implementing controls described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) End-user; knowledge; ultimate consignee.--The terms
``end-user'', ``knowledge'', and ``ultimate consignee'' have
the meanings given those terms in section 772.1 of the Export
Administration Regulations.
(3) Export; export administration regulations; in-country
transfer; item; reexport.--The terms ``export'', ``Export
Administration Regulations'', ``in-country transfer'',
``item'', and ``reexport'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of
2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.
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