House lawmakers seek better tech for Commerce in fight against foreign powers

A national security-focused Commerce Department component would get fresh IT investments to help keep dual-use U.S. technologies from ending up in the wrong hands under a bill reintroduced late last week by a bipartisan pair of House lawmakers.

The Bureau of Industry and Security IT Modernization Act from Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Tom Kean, R-N.J., calls for upgrades to information technology systems at Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which is charged with advancing national security priorities via tech leadership and export controls.

Those IT upgrades are aimed at helping BIS better track American-made dual-use technologies — which can be used for either commercial or military purposes — so that they aren’t made available to China, Russia or other foreign adversaries. 

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