Remote Access Security Act

This bill would expand the U.S. export control system to include the remote access of certain technologies and items by foreign persons through network connections or cloud computing services. By amending the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, the proposal would allow the Department of Commerce to require licenses and impose penalties for providing remote access to controlled dual-use goods and military components. These regulations would apply even when the foreign person accessing the item is in a different physical location than the technology itself.

This bill affects foreign persons who access U.S.-controlled items through network connections, internet services, or cloud computing from locations outside the item's physical site. It also impacts the Department of Commerce and its Bureau of Industry and Security, which would be responsible for issuing licenses and imposing penalties related to the remote access of dual-use goods and military components. Additionally, entities providing remote access to items subject to U.S. jurisdiction, such as cloud computing services, fall under these expanded export control regulations.

• Expansion of export control scope. The bill broadens the United States export control system to include the remote access of items by foreign persons through network connections, internet services, or cloud computing.
• Definition of remote access. Remote access is defined as a foreign person accessing a U.S.-jurisdiction item from a different physical location via a network, or any other form of access specified by Department of Commerce regulations.
• Integration with the Export Control Reform Act of 2018. The bill applies existing statutory controls for dual-use goods and military components to remote access activities, authorizing the Bureau of Industry and Security to issue licenses and impose penalties for violations.

• H.R. 2683, Remote Access Security Act
  Apr 30, 2025 · As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2025

This bill expands the scope of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) by applying its regulatory framework to the remote access of controlled items. By integrating remote access into the existing export control system, the bill enables the Department of Commerce to issue licenses and enforce penalties under the authorities established by ECRA.

The bill aims to expand the federal export control system by applying regulations to the remote access of controlled items, such as dual-use goods and military components, via network connections or cloud computing services. This change allows the Department of Commerce to require licenses and enforce penalties for foreign persons accessing these items from locations other than where the items are physically situated.