Text of Senate Amendment 6168

On 2026-06-24, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6168" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6168

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3357] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6168. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of division A, add the following: TITLE XVII--ENFORCEMENT OF EXPORT CONTROLS SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Improving Export Enforcement Act of 2026''. SEC. 1702. REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN EXPORT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM. Section 1760(a)(2) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4819(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(K) No person may fail to establish, maintain, or enforce an export compliance program required of that person by the Export Administration Regulations, or any order, license, or authorization issued thereunder.''. SEC. 1703. EXPORT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe regulations requiring persons engaging in covered export activities to establish, maintain, and enforce export compliance programs. (b) Elements.--The Secretary may require, in regulations prescribed under subsection (a), that an export compliance program include-- (1) the development of internal policies, procedures, and controls with respect to compliance with export controls; (2) a risk assessment and export authorization process, including screening and resolution of abnormal circumstances that indicate that an item may be destined for an unauthorized end-use, end-user, or destination; (3) the designation of an export compliance officer or individual responsible for administering the program; (4) a program for providing ongoing training to employees with respect to compliance with export controls; and (5) an audit function to test the program. (c) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered export activities.--The term ``covered export activities'' includes, at a minimum, activities subject to the Export Administration Regulations, or any order, license, or authorization issued thereunder, that involve-- (A) items that the Secretary determines present a heightened risk of diversion, evasion, unauthorized export, unauthorized reexport, or unauthorized in-country transfer; (B) destinations that the Secretary determines present a heightened risk of diversion, evasion, unauthorized export, unauthorized reexport, or unauthorized in-country transfer; and (C) high-volume exports, reexports, or in-country transfers of advanced computing integrated circuits, computers, electronic assemblies, or related products classified under Export Control Classification Numbers 3A090, 4A090, related .z numbers, or any functionally equivalent item. (2) Export administration regulations; export; in-country transfer; item; reexport.--The terms ``Export Administration Regulations'', ``export'', ``in-country transfer'', ``item'', and ``reexport'' have the meanings given those terms in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801). SEC. 1704. APPLICABILITY. This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall apply with respect to a violation of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), or any regulation, order, or license issued under that Act, committed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. ______