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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8152 

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for control 

of remote access of items, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2024 

Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Mr. MCCORMICK, 

and Ms. CROCKETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide 

for control of remote access of items, 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 ‘‘Remote Access Secu5 rity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONTROL OF REMOTE ACCESS OF ITEMS UNDER 

7 THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT OF 2018. 

8 The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 is amended 

9 as follows: 


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1 (1) In section 1742 (50 U.S.C. 4801), by add2 ing at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(15) REMOTE ACCESS.—The term ‘remote ac4 cess’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) access to an item subject to the juris6 diction of the United States by a foreign person 

7 through a network connection, including the 

8 internet or a cloud computing service, from a 

9 location other than where the item is physically 

10 located; or 

11 ‘‘(B) any other form of access specified in 

12 regulations promulgated by the Secretary.’’. 

13 (2) In section 1752 (50 U.S.C. 4811)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

16 ‘‘or remote access of such items’’ after 

17 ‘‘export of items’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

19 ‘‘or remote access of such items’’ after 

20 ‘‘export of items’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A), by striking ‘‘and in-country 

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1 try transfer, and remote access of items’’; 

2 and 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

4 ‘‘or remote access’’ after ‘‘the release’’. 

5 (3) In section 1753 (50 U.S.C. 4812)— 

6 (A) in subsection (a)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (ii) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking 

10 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

11 and’’; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) the remote access of items subject to the 

15 jurisdiction of the United States by a foreign per16 son.’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (b)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (6), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 

21 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

22 and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(8) regulate the remote access of items de2 scribed in (a)(3).’’; and 

3 (C) in subsection (c)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘or in-country trans5 fer’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘in-country transfer, or remote access’’; 

7 and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsections (b)(1) or 

9 (b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(1), 

10 (b)(2), or (b)(8)’’. 

11 (4) In section 1754 (50 U.S.C. 4813)— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (3), by inserting 

14 ‘‘and remote access of controlled items’’ 

15 after ‘‘in-country transfers of controlled 

16 items’’; 

17 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 

18 in-country transfers’’ and inserting ‘‘in19 country transfers, and remote access’’; 

20 (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 

21 ‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 

23 (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking 

24 ‘‘United States export control’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘United States control’’; 


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1 (v) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘ex2 port controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’; 

3 (vi) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘or 

4 in-country transferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in5 country transferred or accessed remotely’’; 

6 (vii) in paragraph (11), by adding at 

7 the end before the semicolon the following: 

8 ‘‘or remote access’’; and 

9 (viii) in paragraph (15), by adding at 

10 the end before ‘‘; and’’ the following: ‘‘or 

11 remotely access’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or in13 country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 

14 transfer, or remote access’’; and 

15 (C) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or 

16 in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 

17 transfer, or remote access’’. 

18 (5) In section 1755 (50 U.S.C. 4814)— 

19 (A) in subsection (b)(2)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

21 ‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 

23 and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

25 ‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 

2 and 

3 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘export 

4 controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’. 

5 (6) In section 1756 (50 U.S.C. 4815)— 

6 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre7 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and in-coun8 try transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country trans9 fer, and remote access’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or in11 country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 

12 transfer, or remote access’’. 

13 (7) In section 1757 (50 U.S.C. 4816)— 

14 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or in15 country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 

16 transfer, or remote access’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘ex18 port controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’. 

19 (8) In section 1760 (50 U.S.C. 4819)— 

20 (A) in subsection (a)(2)(F)— 

21 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘any ex22 port control document or any report’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘any document or report’’; and 


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1 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or in2 country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun3 try transfer, or remote access’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘or 

5 in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 

6 transfer, or remotely access (including the pro7 vision thereof)’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— 

9 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or in10 country transfer outside the United States 

11 any item’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country trans12 fer outside the United States any item or 

13 remotely access any item’’; and 

14 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or in15 country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun16 try transfer, or remote access’’. 

17 (9) In section 1761 (50 U.S.C. 4820)— 

18 (A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘or in19 country transferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 

20 transferred, or remotely accessed’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking 

22 ‘‘or in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun23 try transfer, or remotely access’’. 

24 (10) In section 1767(b)(2)(A) (50 U.S.C. 

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1 fer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country transfer, or remote 

2 access’’. 

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