This bill directs the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to modernize its information technology systems and applications on an ongoing basis through fiscal year 2030. It describes specific goals and tools BIS should adopt, including unified case and customer management systems, data fusion and analytics, supply chain illumination tools, and modern data-sharing interfaces. The bill asks BIS to prepare systems that can incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning as appropriate. It also calls for better processes to support the Entity List, Military End User List, and Unverified List deliberations and enforcement, and for work with other agencies to map foreign defense and commercial industrial linkages (including work related to the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Iran, and other countries of concern). The Under Secretary must reassess staffing needs during modernization and consult Congress. The bill authorizes $25,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2029 and is subject to the availability of appropriations.
Proponents say modern IT and data tools will help BIS: streamline and standardize export license adjudication; better assess global industrial relationships; evaluate information and communications technologies and services; identify dual-use items of concern; detect evasive trade patterns and shell companies; track military end users and end uses; and safely share appropriate data with industry, federal agencies, and international partners. They argue updated systems will improve productivity, reduce manual processing, reduce redundancies, improve cybersecurity, and improve user experience for U.S. parties.
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