BIS IT Modernization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4920 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4920 To require modernization of information technology systems and applications of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 8, 2025 Mr. Crow (for himself, Mr. Kean, Mr. Meeks, and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require modernization of information technology systems and applications of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau of Industry and Security Information Technology Modernization Act'' or the ``BIS IT Modernization Act''. SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the effective use of Bureau authorities requires that-- (1) the Bureau adopt and deploy cutting-edge data fusion, analytics, and decision-making capabilities, as well as supply chain illumination tools and additional commercial data sets, to streamline and standardize the export license adjudication process, better assess global industrial relationships, enhance the evaluation of information and communications technologies and services, identify dual use items of concern for control, and identify evasive trade patterns and shell companies being used by adversary militaries; (2) the Bureau expand and scale up the adoption and use of modern data sharing interfaces and capabilities to share data safely and efficiently with industry, Feder