Requires a federal license to export digital sequences of synthetic DNA or RNA to foreign entities of concern, such as foreign governments and persons they own or control.

• Adds a new section 1758A to the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 requiring a license to export, reexport, or transfer within a foreign country digital sequences of synthetic DNA or RNA to foreign entities of concern.
• Sets the license requirement to take effect no later than one year after the section's enactment.
• Exempts information described in section 734.3(b) of the Export Administration Regulations, which covers certain published and otherwise publicly available information.
• Defines a foreign entity of concern as a government entity of a foreign country of concern, a person subject to that country's jurisdiction, or a foreign person owned, directed, or controlled by either.
• Includes sense-of-Congress findings that the People's Republic of China seeks access to sensitive U.S. data and intellectual property, and states that the United States should control exports of synthetic DNA and RNA sequences to foreign adversaries.

• Foreign Affairs Committee (House)

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