Remote Access Security Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3519 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3519 To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for control of remote access to items, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17, 2025 Mr. McCormick (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for control of remote access to items, and for other purposes. 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 ``Remote Access Security Act''. SEC. 2. CONTROL OF REMOTE ACCESS OF ITEMS UNDER THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT OF 2018. (a) Definition of Remote Access.--Section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(15) Remote access.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `remote access' means access to an item subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and included on the Commerce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations, by a foreign person of concern through a cloud infrastructure service from a location outside the United States and other than where the item is physically located, if the Secretary determines that the use of the item has demonstrated a serious risk to the national security or foreign policy of the United States through the use of software, such as by-- ``(i) training an artificial intelligence dual-use model that-- ``(I) substantially lowers the barrier of entry for experts or nonexperts to design,