H.R. 4561 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4561 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2021Mr. Gimenez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Entity List Verification Act. 2. Certification required to remove entities from entity list The Secretary of Commerce may not remove any entity from the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, until the Secretary certifies to Congress that the entity is no longer reasonably believed to be involved, or to be becoming involved, in activities contrary to national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.