Entity List Verification Act

Bill: 117-hr-4561
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-20
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Entity List Verification Act</b></p> <p> This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from removing an entity from the entity list until Commerce certifies that the entity is no longer reasonably believed to be involved in activities contrary to U.S. national security interests or foreign policy interests. The entity list provides the names of foreign entities who are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport, or transfer of specified items.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4561 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2021 Mr. Gimenez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Commerce to certify, before removing an entity from the entity list, that the entity is no longer involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and that removing the entity from the list does not pose a threat to allies of the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Entity List Verification Act . 2. Certification required to remove entities from entity list The Secretary of Commerce may not remove any entity from the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, until the Secretary certifies to Congress that the entity is no longer reasonably believed to be involved, or to be becoming involved, in activities contrary to national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.