The Bureau of Industry and Security's decision to eliminate certain reporting requirements for encryption items (see 2103260019) should exempt a greater number of companies from filing mandatory declarations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., DLA Piper said in an April 6 post.
The Bureau of Industry and Security added seven Chinese “supercomputing” entities to the Entity List for procuring U.S.-origin items in a way that harms U.S. national security and supports China’s military, BIS said in a final rule that takes effect today. The rule imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, and BIS will impose a license review policy of presumption of denial. No license exceptions will be available.
Lam Research Corp. added a semiconductor industry official and a former Bureau of Industry and Security official to its government affairs team, according to Rich Ashooh, the company's vice president of global government affairs. Lam hired Chantal Lakatos de Alcantara, BIS’s former director of nonproliferation policy, who will serve as its senior director for regulatory affairs, Ashooh said in an April 5 LinkedIn post. The company also hired Taylor Sholler, a former government affairs director with Applied Materials, who will serve as Lam’s senior director for legislative affairs. Ashooh left his senior role at BIS last year (see 2007210016).
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The Commerce Department should be careful not to place unilateral export restrictions on semiconductors and should invest heavily in domestic chip innovation, technology companies told the agency in comments due this week. But at least one think tank urged Commerce to pursue more strict controls and argued that decoupling from China along the semiconductor supply chain is inevitable.
The Bureau of Industry and Security's decision to eliminate reporting requirements for encryption items (see 2103260019) should substantially ease reporting burdens for certain companies, law firms said. Although the changes will affect a narrow set of exports, they’re expected to provide significant relief for companies that ship mass market encryption items or publish source code software online, the firms said.
Newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo interviewed Chinese technology expert James Mulvenon to head the Bureau of Industry and Security, Reuters reported March 30. It’s unclear whether the interview will lead to a “vetting” for the undersecretary post, the report said, or how many others will be interviewed. A BIS spokesperson declined to comment.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security will hold a virtual forum April 8 to present ways the agency can help boost the competitiveness and capacity of the U.S. semiconductor industry, BIS said in a notice released March 26. The agency earlier this month requested written comments on semiconductor supply chain issues (see 2103110047) but said the forum will give commenters a chance to provide “oral remarks.” Comments will help inform the Commerce Department’s report to the White House as part of a February executive order to address supply chain shortages of semiconductor chips (see 2102240068), BIS said. Officials from BIS and other agencies will participate in the 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT forum. Registration closes 5 p.m. April 1.
The Bureau of Industry and Security revoked export privileges for five people after they were convicted of violating various export control laws, including illegal shipments of guns, ammunition and other military items, BIS said in March 25 orders.