Keep Huawei on the Entity List Act

Bill: 117-hr-1595
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-03-03
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Asia

China

Computers and information technology

Congressional oversight

Department of Commerce

Foreign and international corporations

Free trade and trade barriers

Licensing and registrations

Telephone and wireless communication

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keep Huawei on the Entity List Act</strong></p> <p> 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.</p> <p> 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.</p> <p> 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1595 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2021 Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Waltz , Mr. Babin , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Diaz-Balart , and Mr. Jackson ) 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. 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 means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. (2) End-User Review Committee The term End-User Review Committee means the End-User Review Committee described in Supplement No. 9 to part 748 of the Export Administration Regulations. (3) Entity list The term entity list means the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations. (4) Export Administration Regulations The term Export Administration Regulations means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.