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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 686 

To require the continuation in effect of export controls with respect to 

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2023 

Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, and Mr. SELF) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the continuation in effect of export controls with 

respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., 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 ‘‘Keep Huawei on the 

5 Entity List Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF EXPORT CONTROLS 

2 WITH RESPECT TO HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES 

3 CO. LTD. 

4 The Secretary of Commerce may not remove Huawei 

5 Technologies Co. Ltd., or its subsidiaries and affiliates, 

6 from the entity list or modify any of the licensing policies 

7 pursuant to its designation on the entity list, including 

8 the foreign direct product rule, unless the Secretary, with 

9 the concurrence of the End-User Review Committee by a 

10 unanimous vote of such Committee, certifies to the appro11 priate congressional committees that Huawei Technologies 

12 Co. Ltd., and its subsidiaries and affiliates— 

13 (1) have not engaged in activities that are con14 trary to United States national security or foreign 

15 policy interests and are unlikely to engage in such 

16 activities in the future; and 

17 (2) are not owned, controlled, or influenced by 

18 the Communist Party of China. 

19 SEC. 3. EXPORT CONTROLS WITH RESPECT TO HONOR DE20 VICE CO. LTD. 

21 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce— 

23 (1) shall designate Honor Device Co. Ltd. for 

24 inclusion on the entity list; and 

25 (2) shall publish a notification with respect to 

26 such designation in the Federal Register. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, and on a monthly basis 

4 thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the 

5 appropriate congressional committees a report that— 

6 (1) identifies and describes all license applica7 tions received by the Department of Commerce to 

8 export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) items sub9 ject to the Export Administration Regulations to— 

10 (A) Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., or its 

11 subsidiaries and affiliates; or 

12 (B) Honor Device Co. Ltd; and 

13 (2) identifies whether such license applications 

14 were approved or denied. 

15 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

16 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

17 a classified annex. 

18 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this Act: 

20 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com22 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

25 (2) END-USER REVIEW COMMITTEE.—The term 

26 ‘‘End-User Review Committee’’ means the End-User 


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1 Review Committee described in Supplement No. 9 to 

2 part 748 of the Export Administration Regulations. 

3 (3) ENTITY LIST.—The term ‘‘entity list’’ 

4 means the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry 

5 and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 

6 part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations. 

7 (4) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 

8 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

9 means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code 

10 of Federal Regulations. 

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