Commerce Department Underfunded in Tech Fight Against China

Congressional Report Highlights Lax Export Restrictions, Calls for Reform and Tighter Controls

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warns that the department’s operations to protect U.S. supply chains and critical technology are 'woefully underfunded.'
Republican lawmakers argue that the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) needs reform before additional resources are allocated.
Raimondo states that the Commerce Department needs more funding to carry out the president's directives on AI and other advanced technologies.
A congressional report finds that the U.S. is 'hemorrhaging sensitive technology' to China due to lax federal implementation of export restrictions.
The report recommends a policy of denial for all exports of national security-controlled items to China and a curtailing of the BIS’s authority to overrule objections to export license applications.