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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4085 

To establish the Export Enforcement Coordination Center in the Department 

of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish the Export Enforcement Coordination Center 

in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Controls En5 forcement Improvement Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPORT ENFORCEMENT CO7 ORDINATION CENTER. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 

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1 land Security for administrative purposes, an interagency 

2 Federal Export Enforcement Coordination Center (in this 

3 Act referred to as the ‘‘Center’’). 

4 (b) PURPOSES.—The Center shall coordinate on mat5 ters relating to export enforcement among the following: 

6 (1) The Department of State. 

7 (2) The Department of the Treasury. 

8 (3) The Department of Defense. 

9 (4) The Department of Justice. 

10 (5) The Department of Commerce. 

11 (6) The Department of Energy. 

12 (7) The Department of Homeland Security. 

13 (8) The Office of the Director of National Intel14 ligence. 

15 (9) Such other executive branch departments, 

16 agencies, or offices as the President, from time to 

17 time, may designate. 

18 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Center shall— 

19 (1) serve as the primary forum within the Fed20 eral Government for executive departments and 

21 agencies— 

22 (A) to coordinate and enhance the export 

23 control enforcement efforts of those depart24 ments and agencies; and 


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1 (B) to identify and resolve conflicts that 

2 have not been otherwise resolved in criminal 

3 and administrative investigations and actions 

4 involving violations of the export control laws of 

5 the United States; 

6 (2) serve as a conduit between Federal law en7 forcement agencies and the intelligence community 

8 (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security 

9 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) for the exchange 

10 of information related to potential violations of 

11 United States export controls; 

12 (3) serve as a primary point of contact between 

13 enforcement authorities and agencies engaged in ex14 port licensing; 

15 (4) coordinate law enforcement public outreach 

16 activities related to United States export controls; 

17 and 

18 (5) establish governmentwide statistical track19 ing capabilities for United States criminal and ad20 ministrative export control enforcement activities, to 

21 be conducted by the Department of Homeland Secu22 rity with information provided by and shared with 

23 all relevant departments and agencies participating 

24 in the Center. 

25 (d) DIRECTOR; OTHER PERSONNEL.— 


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1 (1) DIRECTOR.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall have 

3 a Director, who shall be a full-time senior offi4 cer or employee of the Department of Home5 land Security, designated by the Secretary of 

6 Homeland Security. 

7 (B) FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR.—The Di8 rector shall— 

9 (i) convene and preside at meetings of 

10 the Center; 

11 (ii) determine the agenda for those 

12 meetings; 

13 (iii) direct the work of the Center; and 

14 (iv) as appropriate to particular sub15 ject matters, organize and coordinate sub16 groups of the members of the Center. 

17 (2) DEPUTY DIRECTORS.—The Center shall 

18 have 2 Deputy Directors, who shall be full-time sen19 ior officers or employees of the Department of Com20 merce and the Department of Justice, designated by 

21 the Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney Gen22 eral, respectively, detailed to the Center and report23 ing to the Director. 

24 (3) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY LIAISON.—The 

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1 son, who shall be a full-time senior officer or em2 ployee of the Federal Government, designated by the 

3 Director of National Intelligence, and detailed or as4 signed to the Center. 

5 (4) STAFF.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall have 

7 a full-time staff reporting to the Director. 

8 (B) DETAILEES.—Executive departments 

9 and agencies specified in subsection (b) shall 

10 detail or assign their employees to the Center. 

11 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Department of Home12 land Security shall operate and provide funding and ad13 ministrative support for the Center to the extent permitted 

14 by law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

15 (f) WEBSITE.—The Director of the Center may es16 tablish a publicly accessible website for the Center with 

17 a domain name that is independent of websites of the De18 partment of Homeland Security. 

19 SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL TRANSSHIPMENT AND DIVERSION OF 

20 EXPORTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall— 

22 (1) serve as a primary forum for the coordina23 tion of export control enforcement efforts focused on 

24 unlawful transshipment and diversion of exports; 

25 and 


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1 (2) develop best practices for executive depart2 ments and agencies to improve efforts to combat the 

3 unlawful transshipment and diversion of exports. 

4 (b) AREAS OF FOCUS.—In carrying out the duties de5 scribed in subsection (a), the Center shall focus its efforts 

6 on, among other matters— 

7 (1) sensitive technologies, including technologies 

8 relating to— 

9 (A) semiconductors; 

10 (B) the development of advanced artificial 

11 intelligence capabilities; and 

12 (C) the development of quantum tech13 nology components and capabilities; and 

14 (2) the unlawful transshipment and diversion of 

15 exports to— 

16 (A) the People’s Republic of China; 

17 (B) the Russian Federation; 

18 (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 

19 (D) the Democratic People’s Republic of 

20 Korea. 

21 (c) NOTICE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.—In carrying 

22 out the duties described in subsection (a), the Center shall 

23 develop best practices for and support the dissemination 

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1 shipment and diversion risks to relevant private sector en2 tities on a timely basis, as appropriate. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON POSTINGS OF UNITED STATES AND 

4 FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. 

5 (a) REPORT ON FOREIGN POSTINGS OF LAW EN6 FORCEMENT AGENTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cen8 ter shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 

9 (1) an assessment of the value of increasing the 

10 number of law enforcement officials posted in for11 eign countries to enhance export control enforcement 

12 efforts focused on the unlawful transshipment and 

13 diversion of exports; 

14 (2) an analysis of specific countries, regions, 

15 and shipping routes that pose a heightened risk with 

16 respect to such transshipment and diversion; and 

17 (3) an assessment of resources required to in18 crease the number of law enforcement officials post19 ed in foreign countries pursuant to paragraph (1). 

20 (b) REPORT ON POSTINGS OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS

21 AT THE CENTER.—Not later than one year after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Center 

23 shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 

24 (1) an assessment of the value of hosting for25 eign law enforcement or other officials at the Center; 


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1 (2) an assessment of which countries would pro2 vide the most value for the United States Govern3 ment in posting officials at the Center; and 

4 (3) an assessment of what, if any, changes to 

5 statute, regulation, or policy would be required to 

6 host foreign officials at the Center. 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025 

10 $25,000,000 for the costs of establishing the Center. 

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