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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Remote Access Secu-
rity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTROL OF REMOTE ACCESS OF ITEMS UNDER 
THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT OF 2018. 
The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 is amended 
as follows: 
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(1) In section 1742 (50 U.S.C. 4801), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) REMOTE ACCESS.—The term ‘remote ac-
cess’ means— 
‘‘(A) access to an item subject to the juris-
diction of the United States by a foreign person 
through a network connection, including the 
internet or a cloud computing service, from a 
location other than where the item is physically 
located; or 
‘‘(B) any other form of access specified in 
regulations promulgated by the Secretary.’’. 
(2) In section 1752 (50 U.S.C. 4811)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or remote access of such items’’ after 
‘‘export of items’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘or remote access of such items’’ after 
‘‘export of items’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘and in-country 
transfer of items’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-
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try transfer, and remote access of items’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or remote access’’ after ‘‘the release’’. 
(3) In section 1753 (50 U.S.C. 4812)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) the remote access of items subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States by a foreign per-
son.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(8) regulate the remote access of items de-
scribed in (a)(3).’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or in-country trans-
fer’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘in-country transfer, or remote access’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsections (b)(1) or 
(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(1), 
(b)(2), or (b)(8)’’. 
(4) In section 1754 (50 U.S.C. 4813)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (3), by inserting 
‘‘and remote access of controlled items’’ 
after ‘‘in-country transfers of controlled 
items’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 
in-country transfers’’ and inserting ‘‘in- 
country transfers, and remote access’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 
‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘United States export control’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States control’’; 
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(v) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘ex-
port controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘or 
in-country transferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in- 
country transferred or accessed remotely’’; 
(vii) in paragraph (11), by adding at 
the end before the semicolon the following: 
‘‘or remote access’’; and 
(viii) in paragraph (15), by adding at 
the end before ‘‘; and’’ the following: ‘‘or 
remotely access’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 
transfer, or remote access’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or 
in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 
transfer, or remote access’’. 
(5) In section 1755 (50 U.S.C. 4814)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 
‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘and in-country transfers’’ and inserting 
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‘‘in-country transfers, and remote access’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘export 
controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’. 
(6) In section 1756 (50 U.S.C. 4815)— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and in-coun-
try transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country trans-
fer, and remote access’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 
transfer, or remote access’’. 
(7) In section 1757 (50 U.S.C. 4816)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 
transfer, or remote access’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘ex-
port controls’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’. 
(8) In section 1760 (50 U.S.C. 4819)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(F)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘any ex-
port control document or any report’’ and 
inserting ‘‘any document or report’’; and 
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(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-
try transfer, or remote access’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘or 
in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 
transfer, or remotely access (including the pro-
vision thereof)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transfer outside the United States 
any item’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country trans-
fer outside the United States any item or 
remotely access any item’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-
try transfer, or remote access’’. 
(9) In section 1761 (50 U.S.C. 4820)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘or in- 
country transferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country 
transferred, or remotely accessed’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘or in-country transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-coun-
try transfer, or remotely access’’. 
(10) In section 1767(b)(2)(A) (50 U.S.C. 
4825(b)(2)(A)), by striking ‘‘and in-country trans-
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fer’’ and inserting ‘‘in-country transfer, or remote 
access’’. 
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