H.R. 9493 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9493 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2022Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to reauthorize the export administrative subpoena authority and other authorities under that Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeland Security Export Subpoena Act. 2. Reauthorization of export administrative subpoena authority and other authorities under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 Section 1761(k) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4820(k)) is amended to read as follows: (k) Authority of the Department of Homeland Security (1) In general Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the enforcement authorities of the Department of Homeland Security. (2) Customs officer authorities (A) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection may take appropriate action to ensure observance of this subtitle as to the enforcement of export controls. (B) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may make investigations into violations of this subtitle both within and outside of the United States, and may obtain such information from, require such reports or the keeping of such records by, make such inspection of the books, records, and other writings, premises, or property of, and take the sworn testimony of, any person. (C) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers may administer oaths or affirmations, and may by subpoena require any person to appear and testify or to appear and produce books, records, and other writings, or both, and in the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any such person, a district court of the United States, after notice to any such person and hearing, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce books, records, and other writings, or both, and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. .