BIS IT Modernization Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill states that the Bureau of Industry and Security needs modern data, analytics, and information-technology tools to administer export-control authorities. It directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, subject to appropriations, to modernize BIS information-technology systems through fiscal year 2030. The modernization is supposed to replace primary BIS systems with a unified environment for case management, customer relationship management, and analysis of external trade-transaction and commercial data.
The bill directs BIS to adopt data fusion, analytics, supply-chain illumination tools, commercial data sets, modern data-sharing interfaces, and future artificial-intelligence or machine-learning capabilities. It emphasizes faster and better export-license adjudication, Entity List, Military End User List, and Unverified List deliberations, enforcement against shell companies and evasive trade patterns, mapping of the People's Republic of China defense-industrial base and military-civil fusion strategy, and mapping commercial links among the PRC, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and other countries of concern. It authorizes $25 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
Who Benefits and How
Bureau of Industry and Security licensing staff benefit from unified case-management tools and analytics that reduce manual review. U.S. exporters of dual-use goods benefit if modernization standardizes license adjudication and improves user experience. Intelligence community trade analysts benefit from safer data-sharing interfaces and better supply-chain visibility. Allied export-control partners benefit from more efficient data exchange with BIS. U.S. national-security policymakers benefit from stronger mapping of adversary military end users, shell companies, and industrial-base links.
Who Bears the Burden and How
BIS IT modernization staff must replace legacy systems, procure data tools, maintain cybersecurity, and manage implementation through fiscal year 2030. Commerce Department budget staff and appropriators must support the $25 million annual authorization if they choose to fund it. Export-control compliance teams may need to adapt to new BIS interfaces and data-submission expectations. Adversary procurement networks in the PRC, Russia, North Korea, and Iran face greater detection risk from supply-chain illumination and Entity List enforcement tools.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes $25 million for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 for BIS IT modernization.
- Requires a unified environment for case management, customer relationship management, and external-data analysis.
- Directs adoption of data fusion, analytics, supply-chain illumination tools, and commercial data sets.
- Supports Entity List, Military End User List, and Unverified List deliberations and enforcement.
- Requires attention to cybersecurity, cost management, productivity, data sharing, and user experience.
- Defines the Bureau, Entity List, Under Secretary, and appropriate congressional committees.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes $25 million for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 for Bureau of Industry and Security information-technology modernization, including unified case and customer management, data fusion, supply-chain illumination, Entity List support, secure data sharing, artificial-intelligence readiness, and mapping of adversary defense-industrial and commercial linkages.
Key Policy Areas
Export Controls, Information Technology, National Security, Trade Compliance
Primary Purpose
Authorizes $25 million for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 for Bureau of Industry and Security information-technology modernization, including unified case and customer management, data fusion, supply-chain illumination, Entity List support, secure data sharing, artificial-intelligence readiness, and mapping of adversary defense-industrial and commercial linkages.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Bureau of Industry and Security licensing staff
- U.S. exporters of dual-use goods
- Intelligence community trade analysts
- Allied export-control partners
- U.S. national-security policymakers
Identified Costs
- BIS IT modernization staff
- Commerce Department budget staff
- Export-control compliance teams
- PRC procurement networks
- Russian procurement networks
- North Korean procurement networks
- Iranian procurement networks
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. Crow (for himself, Mr. Kean, Mr. Meeks, and Ms. …
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
BIS IT modernization staff, BIS licensing staff, Commerce Department budget staff
Positive-direction: BIS licensing staff, Intelligence community trade analysts
Negative-direction: BIS IT modernization staff, Commerce Department budget staff
Allied export-control partners, U.S. exporters of dual-use goods
PRC procurement networks, Russian procurement networks
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "bis"
- → Bureau of Industry and Security
- "under_secretary"
- → Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security
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