Keep Huawei on the Entity List Act

To require the continuation in effect of export controls with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Huawei on the Entity List Act 2. Continuation in effect of export controls with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd The Secretary of Commerce may not remove Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., or its subsidiaries and affiliates, from the entity list or modify any of the licensing policies pursuant to its designation on the entity list, including the foreign direct product rule, unless the Secretary, with the concurrence of the End-User Review Committee by a unanimous vote of such Committee, certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and its subsidiaries and affiliates— (1) have not engaged in activities that are contrary to United States national security or foreign policy interests and are unlikely to engage in such activities in the future; and (2) are not owned, controlled, or influenced by the Communist Party of China. 3. Export controls with respect to Honor Device Co. Ltd Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce— (1) shall designate Honor Device Co. Ltd. for inclusion on the entity list; and (2) shall publish a notification with respect to such designation in the Federal Register. 4. Report (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a monthly basis thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) identifies and describes all license applications received by the Department of Commerce to export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) items subject to the Export Administration Regulations to— (A) Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., or its subsidiaries and affiliates; or (B) Honor Device Co. Ltd; and (2) identifies whether such license applications were approved or denied. (b) Form The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 5. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees (2) End-User Review Committee The term End-User Review Committee (3) Entity list The term entity list (4) Export Administration Regulations The term Export Administration Regulations

Summary: Keep Huawei on the Entity List Act This bill continues export controls on Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and it requires the Department of Commerce to designate Honor Device Co. Ltd. for inclusion on the list of entities subject to certain license requirements for exports. The bill prohibits Commerce from removing Huawei (or its subsidiaries or affiliates) from the entity list unless Commerce certifies that Huawei (1) has not engaged in activities that are contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests and is unlikely to do so in the future; and (2) is not owned, controlled, or influenced by the Communist Party of China. Commerce must submit a monthly report identifying and describing all license applications to export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) certain items to Huawei or Honor, as well as whether those applications were approved or denied.