Entity List Verification Act
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.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4561 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4561
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 20, 2021
Mr. Gimenez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Entity List Verification Act''.
SEC. 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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
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