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Committee backs Remote Access Security Act to close export-control loophole for cloud access
Summary
HR 2683 was ordered favorably reported; sponsors said the bill amends the Export Control Reform Act to define and control 'remote access' to sensitive technologies to prevent adversaries from exploiting cloud-based access to U.S. tech.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on May 20 ordered HR 2683, the Remote Access Security Act, favorably reported after bipartisan discussion. Representative Mike Lawler, the bill sponsor, said the measure closes a gap in the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 by adding a statutory definition of "remote access" and authorizing the Bureau of Industry and Security to extend controls to cloud- and…
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