‘‘(t) 
CERTAIN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
EQUIP-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the heads of other appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies, shall establish and main-
tain, as part of the list maintained under this sec-
tion, a list of goods and technology that would serve 
the primary purpose of assisting, or be specifically 
configured to assist, a foreign government in acquir-
ing the capability to carry out censorship, surveil-
lance, or any other similar or related activity 
through means of telecommunications, including the 
Internet, the prohibition or licensing of which would 
be effective in barring acquisition or enhancement of 
such capability. 
‘‘(2) 
INTERNET-RESTRICTING
COUNTRIES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall prohibit the export of goods or tech-
nology on the list established under paragraph (1) to 
a government end user in any Internet-restricting 
country. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 
application of paragraph (2) with respect to export 
of goods or technology on the list established under 
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paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies to Congress that it is 
in the national interests of the United States to do 
so. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘Internet’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 231(e)(3) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231(e)(3)); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘Internet-restricting coun-
try’ means a country designated by the Sec-
retary of State pursuant to section 104(a) of 
the Global Online Freedom Act of 2013; 
‘‘(C) a ‘government end user’ in a coun-
try— 
‘‘(i) is an end user that is a govern-
ment of that country, or of a political sub-
division of that country, or is an agency or 
instrumentality of such a government; and 
‘‘(ii) includes a telecommunications or 
Internet service provider that is wholly or 
partially owned by a government of that 
country; and 
‘‘(D) an ‘agency or instrumentality’ of a 
government is an ‘agency or instrumentality of 
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a foreign state’, as defined in section 1603 of 
title 28, United States Code.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall revise the Export Administration Regulations 
and any other regulations necessary to carry out the 
amendment made by subsection (a). 
(2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘Export Administration 
Regulations’’ means the Export Administration Reg-
ulations as maintained and amended under the au-
thority of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act and codified, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, in subchapter C of chapter VII of 
title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 6(t) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, as added by subsection (a), 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and shall apply with respect to the export of goods or tech-
nology on the list established under paragraph (1) of such 
section on or after 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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