Entity List Ver­i­fi­ca­tion Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 568 To require the Secretary of Commerce to certify, before removing an entity from the entity list, that the entity is no longer involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and that removing the entity from the list does not pose a threat to allies of the United States. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 3, 2021 Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. HAWLEY, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Commerce to certify, before removing an entity from the entity list, that the entity is no longer involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and that removing the entity from the list does not pose a threat to allies of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Entity List Verifica- 4 tion Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Apr 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S568.IS S568 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 568 IS SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED TO REMOVE ENTITIES 1 FROM ENTITY LIST. 2 The Secretary of Commerce may not remove any enti- 3 ty from the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Indus- 4 try and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 5 part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, until 6 the Secretary certifies to Congress that— 7 (1) the entity is no longer reasonably believed 8 to be involved, or to be becoming involved, in activi- 9 ties contrary to national security or foreign policy 10 interests of the United States; and 11 (2) removing the entity from the entity list does 12 not pose a threat to allies of the United States. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Apr 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S568.IS S568 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS