S3519-119

In Committee

Remote Access Security Act

119th Congress Introduced Dec 17, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, product standard, trade restriction provision: 2, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 4. Report and recommendations. It relies on trade restrictions, reporting requirements, compliance mandates, and product standards. The main policy areas are Defense.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a reporting req, product standard, trade restriction provision: 2.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3.
  • Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 4. Report and recommendations.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, product standard, trade restriction provision: 2, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 4. Report and recommendations.

Key Policy Areas

Defense

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, product standard, trade restriction provision: 2, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, trade restriction provision: 4. Report and recommendations.

Policy Domains

Defense

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 17, 2025

Mr. McCormick (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. …

Dec 17, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Commerce
Domains
Government Oversight
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Commerce
Domains
Government Oversight Trade and Export Controls
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Note: {'note': 'Refers to Secretary of Commerce throughout this bill, consistent with Export Control Reform Act authority', 'term': 'the_secretary'}

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"cloud infrastructure service" §sec2_cloud_infra

Has the meaning given Infrastructure as a Service by NIST Special Publication 800-145

"remote access" §sec2_remote_access

Access to a controlled item by a foreign person of concern through cloud infrastructure service from outside the U.S. and other than where the item is physically located, where the Secretary determines serious national security or foreign policy risk, including: training AI dual-use models for WMD/offensive cyber/evasion of human control, accessing offensive cyberspace capabilities, or conducting surveillance undermining human rights

"foreign person of concern" §sec2_foreign_person_of_concern

Government of a country specified in 10 USC 4872(f)(2) or any region thereof (including Macau and Hong Kong SARs), entities located/headquartered there or whose ultimate parent is there, or persons subject to such government jurisdiction

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