,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #icg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bh1 #bjai   
,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
direct the ,secretary of ,commerce to   
require institutions of higher education
 and other research facilities to obtain
 deemed export licenses for foreign     
nationals conducting scientific research
 at such institutions and facilities1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,protecting ,american ,technologies ,act
 of #bjai4  #b4 ,requirement to obtain  
deemed export licenses for certain      
foreign nationals conducting scientific 
research  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,commerce shall revise the ,export   
,administration ,regulations to require 
an entity described in subsection 7b7 to

 obtain a deemed export license before  
allowing a foreign national described in
 subsection 7c7 access to technology    
controlled under the ,export            
,administration ,regulations for export 
to the country of nationality of the    
foreign national4  7b7 ,entities        
described ,an entity described in this  
subsection is-- 7#a7 an institution of  
higher education in the ,united ,states2
 or  7#b7 any public or private entity  
that conducts scientific research at a  
facility in the ,united ,states4  7c7   
,foreign nationals described ,a foreign 
national is described in this subsection
 if the foreign national-- 7#a7 is a    
student at1 or employed by1 an entity   
described in subsection 7b72 and  7#b7  
conducts scientific research for the    
entity4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this      
section3  7#a7 ,deemed export license   
,the term deemed export license means a 
license for a release in the ,united    
,states of technology or source code    
described in section #gcd4ac7;b7 of the 

,export ,administration ,regulations 7as
 in effect on the day before the date of
 the enactment of this ,act74  7#b7     
,export ,administration ,regulations    
,the term ,export ,administration       
,regulations means subchapter ,c of     
chapter ,,vii of title #ae1 ,code of    
,federal ,regulations4  7#c7 ,foreign   
national ,the term foreign national     
means an individual who is a national   
7as defined in section #aja of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja77 of a country other    
than the ,united ,states4  7#d7         
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given the term in section  
#ajb of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb74  7#e7      
,technology ,the term technology has the
 meaning given that term in section     
#ggb4a of the ,export ,administration   
,regulations 7as in effect on the day   
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act74