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50 U.S.C. § 4585

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Public database of covered foreign persons
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/us/usc/t50/s4585
Title
50 — War and National Defense
Chapter
CH55
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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(a) In generalThe Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may establish a publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database that identifies covered foreign persons that are either engaged in a prohibited technology or a notifiable technology pursuant to this subchapter. (b) Modification processThe Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to establish a mechanism for a covered foreign person to petition for their removal from or inclusion in the publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database described in (a).11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “subsection”. (c) Confidentiality of evidenceThe Secretary shall establish a mechanism for the public, including Congress, stakeholders, investors, and nongovernmental organizations, to submit evidence on a confidential basis regarding whether a foreign person is a covered foreign person in a prohibited technology or notifiable technology and should be included in the database described in subsection (a), if any. (d) Rule of constructionThe database described in subsection (a), if any, shall not be considered to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of covered foreign persons for the purposes of this subchapter. (Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1930.)

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