{"description":"Documents matching '\"artificial intelligence\" export controls advanced computing'","count":85,"total_pages":5,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=%22artificial+intelligence%22+export+controls+advanced+computing&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this interim final rule, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations' (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and adds a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models. In conjunction with the expansion of these controls, which BIS has determined are necessary to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, BIS is adding new license exceptions and updating the Data Center Validated End User authorization to facilitate the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of advanced computing (ICs) to end users in destinations that do not raise national security or foreign policy concerns. Together, these changes will cultivate secure ecosystems for the responsible diffusion and use of AI and advanced computing ICs.","document_number":"2025-00636","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00636/framework-for-artificial-intelligence-diffusion","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00636.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00636.pdf?1736775933","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"its framework for applying <span class=\"match\">export</span> <span class=\"match\">controls</span> to regulate the global diffusion of the most <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">artificial intelligence</span> (AI) models and large clusters of <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> integrated circuits (ICs) to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. Specifically, BIS is expanding existing <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> under ECCNs 3A090.a and 4A090.a and the corresponding .z items and imposing new <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on the model weights of certain <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> closed-weight dual-use AI models <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> under newly created ECCN 4E091"},{"title":"Revision to License Review Policy for Advanced Computing Commodities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is revising its license review policy for exports of certain semiconductors to China and Macau--changing it from a presumption of denial to a case-by-case review. The semiconductors covered by this rule are the Nvidia H200 and its equivalents, as well as less advanced chips--provided that (1) the semiconductors are commercially available in the United States at the time of publication of this rule and (2) the exporter certifies that: there is sufficient supply of this product in the United States; production of this product for exports to China will not divert global foundry capacity for similar or more advanced products for end users in the United States; the recipient has demonstrated sufficient security procedures; and the item undergoes independent, third-party testing in the United States to verify its performance specifications.","document_number":"2026-00789","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00789/revision-to-license-review-policy-for-advanced-computing-commodities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-15/pdf/2026-00789.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00789.pdf?1768338907","publication_date":"2026-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"for the addition of new paragraph (dd) in supplement no. 2 to part 748, by adding a new paragraph (bb) (<span class=\"match\">Export</span> license application for <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> commodities) to make <span class=\"match\">export</span> license applicants aware of this new application requirement. \n <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Control</span> Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) \n \n On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which included the <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Control</span> Reform Act (ECRA) (codified, as amended, at 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852). ECRA provides the legal basis for BIS's"},{"title":"Implementation of Additional Due Diligence Measures for Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits; Amendments and Clarifications; and Extension of Comment Period","type":"Rule","abstract":"BIS is revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in response to requests from the public to provide additional due diligence procedures regarding advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs). This interim final rule (IFR) will protect the national security of the United States and assist foundries and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (\"OSATs\") companies in complying with provisions of the EAR pertaining to advanced computing ICs in the supply chain. This IFR also revises the EAR to make amendments and clarifications to the EAR for changes made to the EAR in an IFR released by BIS on December 2, 2024, \"Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items,\" (FDP IFR), including extending the deadline for written comments for the FDP IFR to March 14, 2025.","document_number":"2025-00711","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00711/implementation-of-additional-due-diligence-measures-for-advanced-computing-integrated-circuits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00711.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00711.pdf?1736948727","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"datacenters with <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs in destinations across the world, the AC/S IFR and the AI Diffusion IFR expanded the scope of destinations for which a license is required to <span class=\"match\">export</span>, reexport, or transfer (in-country) <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs. \n Although BIS's <span class=\"match\">controls</span> have been effective, they have not entirely prevented the diversion of <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs to the PRC and other destinations and entities of concern. Accordingly, BIS has determined that further restrictions on these ICs are warranted to ensure that <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs are only"},{"title":"Establishment of Reporting Requirements for the Development of Advanced Artificial Intelligence Models and Computing Clusters","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would amend the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Industrial Base Surveys--Data Collections regulations by establishing reporting requirements for the development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models and computing clusters under the Executive order of October 30, 2023, \"Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.\"","document_number":"2024-20529","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/11/2024-20529/establishment-of-reporting-requirements-for-the-development-of-advanced-artificial-intelligence","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-11/pdf/2024-20529.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-20529.pdf?1725885941","publication_date":"2024-09-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"proposed rule would amend the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Industrial Base Surveys—Data Collections regulations by establishing reporting requirements for the development of <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">artificial intelligence</span> (AI) models and <span class=\"match\">computing</span> clusters under the Executive order of October 30, 2023, “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of <span class=\"match\">Artificial Intelligence</span>.” \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments on this proposed rule must be received by BIS by no later than October 11, 2024. \n \n \n ADDRESSES: \n \n Comments on this proposed rule may be submitted to"},{"title":"Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this interim final rule (IFR), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) makes changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls for certain advanced computing items, supercomputers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which includes adding new controls for certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment and related items, creating new Foreign Direct Product (FDP) rules for certain commodities to impair the capability to produce \"advanced-node integrated circuits\" (\"advanced-node ICs\") by certain destinations or entities of concern, adding new controls for certain high bandwidth memory important for advanced computing, and clarifying controls on certain software keys that allow for the use of items such as software tools. This IFR publishes concurrently with another BIS final rule entitled, \"Additions and Modifications to the Entity List; and Removals from the Validated End-User (VEU) Program\" (Entity List rule) that adds to and modifies the Entity List to ensure appropriate EAR controls are in place for certain critical technologies and to minimize the risk of diversion to entities of concern.","document_number":"2024-28270","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/05/2024-28270/foreign-produced-direct-product-rule-additions-and-refinements-to-controls-for-advanced-computing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-05/pdf/2024-28270.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28270.pdf?1733147125","publication_date":"2024-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"to producing “<span class=\"match\">advanced</span>-node ICs” and required licenses for such SME, as well as for SME previously <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> under ECCN 3B090 (now 3B001 and 3B002), when destined to Macau and Country Group D:5. The same day it issued the SME IFR, BIS issued a second rule to address <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> chips. The IFR, “Implementation of Additional <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Controls</span>: Certain <span class=\"match\">Advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">Computing</span> Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections” (AC/S IFR) (88 FR 73458, October 25, 2023), adjusted parameters for <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs that are critical"},{"title":"Public Briefing on Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion","type":"Rule","abstract":"On January 10, 2025, the Office of the Federal Register posted for public inspection a Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule: \"Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion\" (RIN 0694-AJ90). This document announces that, on January 15, 2025, BIS will host a virtual public briefing on this rule. This document also provides details on the procedures for participating in the virtual public briefing.","document_number":"2025-00637","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00637/public-briefing-on-framework-for-artificial-intelligence-diffusion","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00637.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00637.pdf?1736784915","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":" \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:\n \n \n Background \n With the Framework for <span class=\"match\">Artificial Intelligence</span> Diffusion interim final rule, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the <span class=\"match\">Export</span> Administration Regulations' (EAR) <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> integrated circuits (ICs) and adds a new <span class=\"match\">control</span> on <span class=\"match\">artificial intelligence</span> (AI) model weights for certain <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> closed-weight dual-use AI models. In conjunction with the expansion of these <span class=\"match\">controls</span>, which BIS has determined are necessary to protect U.S. national security"},{"title":"Expansion of Validated End User Authorization: Data Center Validated End User Authorization","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the Validated End User Authorization (VEU) program to include VEU Authorization for data centers located in specified destinations (\"Data Center VEU\" or \"Data Center VEU Authorization\"). This expansion of the VEU program to include Data Center VEU is intended to facilitate quick and reliable export or reexport of items on the Commerce Control List necessary for a data center, including advanced computing items, to preapproved trusted end users. Data Center VEU adopts much of the framework of the existing VEU program, with additional requirements. This expansion of eligibility is intended to update the VEU program to recognize the advancement and benefits of artificial intelligence. As under the original VEU Authorization Program, the U.S. government will rigorously review Data Center VEU candidates' applications subject to detailed and verifiable criteria.","document_number":"2024-22587","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/02/2024-22587/expansion-of-validated-end-user-authorization-data-center-validated-end-user-authorization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-02/pdf/2024-22587.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22587.pdf?1727700348","publication_date":"2024-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"First, the rule imposed additional <span class=\"match\">export</span> <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on certain <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> semiconductor chips (chips, <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> chips, integrated circuits (ICs)), transactions for supercomputer end uses, and transactions involving certain entities on the Entity List (supplement no. 4 to part 744). Second, the rule adopted additional <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on certain semiconductor manufacturing items and transactions for certain IC production end uses. In October, 2023, BIS broadened the scope of destinations for these <span class=\"match\">controls</span> to cover other destinations of concern"},{"title":"Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections","type":"Rule","abstract":"On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released the interim final rule (IFR), \"Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification\" (October 7 IFR), which amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities that contain such ICs, and certain semiconductor manufacturing items, and to make other EAR changes to implement appropriate related controls, including on certain \"U.S. person\" activities. This Advanced Computing/ Supercomputing IFR (AC/S IFR) addresses comments received in response to only the part of the October 7 IFR that controls advanced computing ICs and computer commodities that contain such ICs. This rule also makes other changes to make the controls more effective and less burdensome, including by correcting and clarifying the controls to more effectively achieve the policy objectives identified in the October 7 IFR. This AC/S IFR is published concurrently with a second BIS IFR, \"Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items,\" which addresses public comments received in response to other portions of the October 7 IFR. Together, these IFRs revise the October 7 IFR controls to more effectively achieve BIS's focused national security policy objectives. These revisions protect U.S. national security interests by further restricting China's ability to obtain critical technologies to modernize its military capabilities in ways that threaten the national security interests of the United States and its allies.","document_number":"2023-23055","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/25/2023-23055/implementation-of-additional-export-controls-certain-advanced-computing-items-supercomputer-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-25/pdf/2023-23055.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-23055.pdf?1697633178","publication_date":"2023-10-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Additional <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Controls</span>: Certain <span class=\"match\">Advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">Computing</span> and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification” (October 7 IFR), which amended the <span class=\"match\">Export</span> Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities that contain such ICs, and certain semiconductor manufacturing items, and to make other EAR changes to implement appropriate related <span class=\"match\">controls</span>, including on certain “U.S. person” activities. This <span class=\"match\">Advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">Computing</span>/Supercomputing"},{"title":"Commerce Control List Additions and Revisions; Implementation of Controls on Advanced Technologies Consistent With Controls Implemented by International Partners","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is implementing export controls on several semiconductor, quantum, and additive manufacturing items for national security and foreign policy reasons. This rule adds new Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) to the Commerce Control List, revises existing ECCNs, adds a new license exception to authorize exports and reexports to and by countries that have implemented equivalent technical controls for these newly added items, and adds two new worldwide license requirements to the national security and regional stability controls in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These controls are the product of extensive discussions with international partners.","document_number":"2024-19633","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/06/2024-19633/commerce-control-list-additions-and-revisions-implementation-of-controls-on-advanced-technologies","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-06/pdf/2024-19633.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19633.pdf?1725540318","publication_date":"2024-09-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"implementing <span class=\"match\">export</span> <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on several semiconductor, quantum, and additive manufacturing items for national security and foreign policy reasons. This rule adds new <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Control</span> Classification Numbers (ECCNs) to the Commerce <span class=\"match\">Control</span> List, revises existing ECCNs, adds a new license exception to authorize <span class=\"match\">exports</span> and reexports to and by countries that have implemented equivalent technical <span class=\"match\">controls</span> for these newly added items, and adds two new worldwide license requirements to the national security and regional stability <span class=\"match\">controls</span> in the <span class=\"match\">Export</span> Administration"},{"title":"Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-01395","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01395/advancing-united-states-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-infrastructure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01395.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01395.pdf?1737035143","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"States requires enormous private-sector investments in infrastructure, especially for the <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> clusters needed to train AI models and the energy infrastructure needed to power this work. Already, AI's electricity and computational needs are vast, and they are set to surge in the years ahead. This work also requires secure, reliable supply chains for critical components needed to build AI infrastructure, from construction materials to <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> electronics. \n This order sets our Nation on the path to ensure that future frontier AI can"},{"title":"Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-09796","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/29/2025-09796/deploying-advanced-nuclear-reactor-technologies-for-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-29/pdf/2025-09796.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09796.pdf?1748436327","publication_date":"2025-05-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"the Secretary of Energy shall designate one or more sites owned or <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by the Department of Energy within the United States, including national laboratories, for the use and deployment of <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> nuclear reactor technologies. \n (c) The Secretary of Energy shall utilize all available legal authorities to site, approve, and authorize the design, construction, and operation of privately funded <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> nuclear reactor technologies at Department of Energy-owned or <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> sites for the purpose of powering AI infrastructure, other critical"},{"title":"Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items","type":"Rule","abstract":"On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released the interim final rule (IFR) \"Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use\" (October 7 IFR), which amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities that contain such ICs, and certain semiconductor manufacturing items. The October 7 IFR also made other EAR changes to ensure appropriate related controls, including on certain \"U.S. person\" activities. This IFR addresses comments received in response to only the part of the October 7 IFR that controls semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) and amends the EAR to implement SME controls more effectively and to address ongoing national security concerns.","document_number":"2023-23049","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/25/2023-23049/export-controls-on-semiconductor-manufacturing-items","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-25/pdf/2023-23049.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-23049.pdf?1697633176","publication_date":"2023-10-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"The October 7 IFR imposed <span class=\"match\">controls</span> on two sets of items and activities. First, the rule established new <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Control</span> Classification Numbers (ECCNs) and <span class=\"match\">controls</span> for certain <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs and computer commodities that contain such ICs, as well as end-use and end-user <span class=\"match\">controls</span> related to “supercomputers.” Second, it established a new ECCN and <span class=\"match\">controls</span> for certain SME essential to producing <span class=\"match\">advanced</span>-node ICs, end-use <span class=\"match\">controls</span> related to the “development” and “production” of those <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> ICs, and end-use <span class=\"match\">controls</span> related to the “development”"},{"title":"Additions to the Entity List","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 12 entities to the Entity List, under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China) (11) and Taiwan (1). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.","document_number":"2025-05427","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/28/2025-05427/additions-to-the-entity-list","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-28/pdf/2025-05427.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-05427.pdf?1743005528","publication_date":"2025-03-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"before April 24, \n \n 2025. Any such items not actually <span class=\"match\">exported</span>, reexported or transferred (in-country) before midnight, on April 24, 2025, require a license in accordance with this final rule.\n \n <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Control</span> Reform Act of 2018 \n On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which included the <span class=\"match\">Export</span> <span class=\"match\">Control</span> Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (50 U.S.C. 4801-4852). ECRA provides the legal basis for BIS's principal authorities and serves as the authority under which BIS issues"},{"title":"Launching the Genesis Mission","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-21665","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21665/launching-the-genesis-mission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21665.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21665.pdf?1764173712","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"including innovations arising from AI-directed experiments; \n (iii) implement uniform and stringent data access and management processes and cybersecurity standards for non-Federal collaborators accessing datasets, models, and <span class=\"match\">computing</span> environments, including measures requiring compliance with classification, privacy, and <span class=\"match\">export</span>-<span class=\"match\">control</span> requirements, as well as other applicable laws; and \n (iv) establish procedures to ensure the highest standards of vetting and authorization of users and collaborators seeking access to the resources of the Mission and"},{"title":"Additions and Revisions to the Entity List","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 32 entities to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China) (23), India, (1), Iran (1), Singapore (1), Taiwan (1), Turkey (3), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (2). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. This final rule revises an entry by removing two addresses from one entity under the destination of Russia. Finally, this rule amends 27 existing entries on the Entity List to correct typographical errors under the following destinations: Belarus (3), China (11), Iran (1), Pakistan (1), Russia (9), and Turkey (2).","document_number":"2025-17893","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/16/2025-17893/additions-and-revisions-to-the-entity-list","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-16/pdf/2025-17893.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17893.pdf?1757708107","publication_date":"2025-09-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"License Exception or <span class=\"match\">export</span>, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) as a result of this regulatory action that were en route aboard a carrier to a port of <span class=\"match\">export</span>, reexport, or transfer (in-country), on September 12, 2025, pursuant to actual orders for <span class=\"match\">export</span>, reexport, or transfer (in-country) to or within a foreign destination, may proceed to that destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or <span class=\"match\">export</span>, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR), provided the <span class=\"match\">export</span>, reexport, or transfer"},{"title":"Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation's Cybersecurity","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-01470","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01470/strengthening-and-promoting-innovation-in-the-nations-cybersecurity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01470.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01470.pdf?1737054015","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"provide FCEB agencies with <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> notification when CISA directly accesses agency EDR solutions to obtain required telemetry; \n (C) specific use cases for which agencies may provide telemetry data subject to the requirements in subsection (c)(ii)(A) of this section as opposed to direct access to EDR solutions by CISA; \n (D) high-level technical and policy <span class=\"match\">control</span> requirements to govern CISA access to agency EDR solutions that conform with widely accepted cybersecurity principles, including role-based access <span class=\"match\">controls</span>, “least privilege,” and separation"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The United States Postal Service (USPS) is proposing to revise two Privacy Act Systems of Records. These updates are being made to streamline USPS' policy creation and review process, to enhance USPS' capacity for oversight and security in their eCommerce environments, and to support enhanced USPS IT search services.","document_number":"2026-00250","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/09/2026-00250/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-09/pdf/2026-00250.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00250.pdf?1767879912","publication_date":"2026-01-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"POSTAL SERVICE","name":"Postal Service","id":410,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/410","parent_id":null,"slug":"postal-service"}],"excerpts":"encryption, mechanical locks, card key systems, or other physical access <span class=\"match\">control</span> methods. The use of computer systems is regulated with installed security software, computer logon identifications, and operating system <span class=\"match\">controls</span> including access <span class=\"match\">controls</span>, terminal and transaction logging, and file management software. \n NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: \n Customers wanting to know if other information about them is maintained in this system of records must address inquiries in writing to the Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President and include their"},{"title":"Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Executive order of January 19, 2021, \"Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,\" directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to propose regulations requiring U.S. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers of IaaS products to verify the identity of their foreign customers, along with procedures for the Secretary to grant exemptions; and authorize special measures to deter foreign malicious cyber actors' use of U.S. IaaS products. The Executive order of October 30, 2023, \"Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,\" further directs the Secretary to propose regulations that require providers of certain IaaS products to submit a report to the Secretary when a foreign person transacts with that provider or reseller to train a large Artificial Intelligence (AI) model with potential capabilities that could be used in malicious cyber-enabled activity. The Department of Commerce (Department) issues this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on proposed regulations to implement those Executive orders.","document_number":"2024-01580","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/29/2024-01580/taking-additional-steps-to-address-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-significant-malicious","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-29/pdf/2024-01580.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-01580.pdf?1706276713","publication_date":"2024-01-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"}],"excerpts":"beneficial owners of Accounts owned or maintained by entities. Under the proposed rule, a beneficial owner is defined as an individual who either: (1) exercises substantial <span class=\"match\">control</span> over a Customer, or (2) owns or <span class=\"match\">controls</span> at least 25 percent of the ownership interests of a Customer. The Department seeks comments on these definitions, including the meaning of “substantial <span class=\"match\">control</span>.” \n C. Confidentiality \n The Department proposes to define “confidentiality” as preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for"},{"title":"Entity List Additions","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 13 entities to the Entity List under the destination of the People's Republic of China (China). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.","document_number":"2023-23048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/19/2023-23048/entity-list-additions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-19/pdf/2023-23048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-23048.pdf?1697546850","publication_date":"2023-10-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Ltd., all under the destination of China, to the Entity List. These entities are involved in the development of <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> integrated circuits (ICs). As described in an upcoming amendment to regulations regarding <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> items and supercomputer and semiconductor end use, <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> ICs can be used to provide <span class=\"match\">artificial intelligence</span> capabilities to further development of weapons of mass destruction, <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> weapons systems, and high-tech surveillance applications that create national security concerns. This activity is"},{"title":"Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement necessary controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities that contain such ICs, and certain semiconductor manufacturing items. In addition, BIS is expanding controls on transactions involving items for supercomputer and semiconductor manufacturing end uses, for example, this rule expands the scope of foreign-produced items subject to license requirements for twenty-eight existing entities on the Entity List that are located in China. BIS is also informing the public that specific activities of \"U.S. persons\" that `support' the \"development\" or \"production\" of certain ICs in the PRC require a license. Lastly, to minimize short term impact on the semiconductor supply chain from this rule, BIS is establishing a Temporary General License to permit specific, limited manufacturing activities in China related to items destined for use outside China and is identifying a model certificate that may be used in compliance programs to assist, along with other measures, in conducting due diligence. `","document_number":"2022-21658","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/13/2022-21658/implementation-of-additional-export-controls-certain-advanced-computing-and-semiconductor","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-10-13/pdf/2022-21658.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-21658.pdf?1665155716","publication_date":"2022-10-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"with the items <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> in ECCN 4A090, as such <span class=\"match\">controls</span> could not be readily added to ECCN 4D001. \n B. License Requirements for New <span class=\"match\">Advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">Computing</span> Items \n This rule establishes a new unilateral RS <span class=\"match\">control</span> and brings the newly identified <span class=\"match\">advanced</span> <span class=\"match\">computing</span> integrated circuits and related computers under the <span class=\"match\">control</span>. If a relevant multilateral <span class=\"match\">export</span> <span class=\"match\">control</span> regime adopts <span class=\"match\">controls</span> for the identified technology, BIS will adopt multilateral <span class=\"match\">controls</span> in place of the unilateral <span class=\"match\">control</span>. This rule also adds a new basis for RS <span class=\"match\">controls</span> to § 742.6 of"}]}