,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bf1 #bjba
 ,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,casey1
 ,mr4 ,warner1 and ,mr4 ,rubio7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
a review and controls on the export of  
items with critical capabilities to     
enable human rights abuses4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,surveillance and free speech           
,protection ,enhancement in ,export     
controls for ,censorship and ,human     
rights ,act of #bjba or the ,,speech    
,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,review and controls
 on export of items with critical       
capabilities to enable human rights     
abuses  7a7 ,statement of policy ,it is 
the policy of the ,united ,states to use
 export controls to the extent necessary
 to further the protection of           
internationally recognized human rights4

  7b7 ,review of items with critical    
capabilities ,to enable human rights    
abuses ,not later than #ahj days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and as appropriate thereafter1 the      
,secretary1 in coordination with the    
,secretary of ,state1 the ,director of  
,national ,intelligence1 and the heads  
of other ,federal agencies as           
appropriate1 shall conduct a review of  
items subject to controls for crime     
control reasons pursuant to section     
#gdb4g of the ,export ,administration   
,regulations4  7c7 ,controls ,in        
furtherance of the policy set forth in  
subsection 7a71 not later than #fj days 
after completing the review required by 
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary1 in      
coordination with the heads of other    
,federal agencies as appropriate1 shall 
determine whether additional export     
controls are needed to protect human    
rights1 including whether--  7#a7       
controls for crime control reasons      
pursuant to section #gdb4g of the       

,export ,administration ,regulations    
should be imposed on additional items1  
including items with critical           
capabilities to enable human rights     
abuses involving-- 7,a7 censorship or   
social control2  7,b7 surveillance1     
interception1 or restriction of         
communications2  7,c7 monitoring or     
restricting access to or use of the     
internet2  7,d7 identification of       
individuals through facial or voice     
recognition or biometric indicators2 or 
7,e7 ,,dna sequencing2 or  7#b7 end-use 
and end-user controls should be imposed 
on the export1 reexport1 or in-country  
transfer of certain items with critical 
capabilities to enable human rights     
abuses that are subject to the ,export  
,administration ,regulations if the     
person seeking to export1 reexport1 or  
transfer the item has knowledge1 or the 
,secretary determines and so informs    
that person1 that the end-user or       
ultimate consignee will use the item to 
enable human rights abuses4  7d7        

,cooperation of other agencies ,upon    
request from the ,secretary1 the head of
 a ,federal agency shall provide full   
support and cooperation to the          
,secretary in carrying out this section4
  7e7 ,international coordination on    
controls ,to protect human rights ,it   
shall be the policy of the ,united      
,states to seek to secure the           
cooperation of other governments to     
impose export controls that are         
consistent1 to the extent possible1 with
 the controls imposed under this        
section4  7f7 ,conforming amendment     
,section #ageb7b77;,a7 of the ,export   
,control ,reform ,act of #bjah 7#ej     
,u4,s4,c4 #dhaa7b77;,a77 is amended--   
7#a7 in clause 7iv71 by striking 2 or   
and inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in     
clause 7v71 by striking the period and  
inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7vi7 serious    
human rights abuses4  4  7g7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,end-user2 knowledge2 ultimate consignee

 ,the terms end-user1 knowledge1 and    
ultimate consignee have the meanings    
given those terms in section #ggb4a of  
the ,export ,administration             
,regulations4  7#b7 ,export2 export     
administration regulations2 in-country  
transfer2 item2 reexport ,the terms     
export1 ,export ,administration         
,regulations1 in-country transfer1 item1
 and reexport have the meanings given   
those terms in section #agdb of the     
,export ,control ,reform ,act of #bjah  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dhja74  7#c7 ,secretary 
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of ,commerce4