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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4920 
To require modernization of information technology systems and applications 
of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 8, 2025 
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. KEAN, Mr. MEEKS, and Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require modernization of information technology systems 
and applications of the Bureau of Industry and Security 
of the Department of Commerce. 
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 ‘‘Bureau of Industry 
and Security Information Technology Modernization Act’’ 
or the ‘‘BIS IT Modernization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE BU-
REAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the effective use of Bureau authorities requires 
that— 
(1) the Bureau adopt and deploy cutting-edge 
data fusion, analytics, and decision-making capabili-
ties, as well as supply chain illumination tools and 
additional commercial data sets, to streamline and 
standardize the export license adjudication process, 
better assess global industrial relationships, enhance 
the evaluation of information and communications 
technologies and services, identify dual use items of 
concern for control, and identify evasive trade pat-
terns and shell companies being used by adversary 
militaries; 
(2) the Bureau expand and scale up the adop-
tion and use of modern data sharing interfaces and 
capabilities to share data safely and efficiently with 
industry, Federal agencies, and international part-
ners; 
(3) Bureau information technology systems 
should over time enable the incorporation of artifi-
cial intelligence, machine learning, and other ad-
vanced tools as technologies evolve; 
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(4) the Bureau expedite Entity List, Military 
End User List, and Unverified List deliberations 
tied to countries of concern and enforcement activi-
ties related to tracking military end users and end 
uses in countries of concern, including the People’s 
Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Iran; 
(5) the Bureau work with relevant agencies to 
comprehensively map the PRC defense industrial 
base and its military civil fusion strategy; and 
(6) the Bureau work with relevant agencies to 
comprehensively map the commercial linkages be-
tween the industrial bases of the PRC, Russia, 
North Korea, Iran, and other countries of concern. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Indus-
try and Security shall, on an ongoing basis through fiscal 
year 2030, modernize the information technology systems 
of the Bureau. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (b), the 
Under Secretary should— 
(1) replace the Bureau’s primary information 
technology systems with a unified environment 
that— 
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