Amendment105th Congress
Amendment places licensing requirements on the export of certain supercomputers; requires the President to report to Congress identifying all exports of such supercomputers since January 26, 1996; and requires the post-shipment verification of the export of supercomputers.
- Amendment Number
- 186
- Description
- Amendment places licensing requirements on the export of certain supercomputers; requires the President to report to Congress identifying all exports of such supercomputers since January 26, 1996; and requires the post-shipment verification of the export of supercomputers.
- Purpose
- An amendment to require that any export or re-export of U.S. supercomputers with a computing capability in excess of 2,000 million theoretical operatins per second (MTOPS) to countries of proliferation concern must receive the prior written approval of the Commerce, Defense, Energy, and State Departments and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The amendment also requires a report to Congress on all U.S. supercomputers above 2,000 MTOPS exported to any country since January 25, 1996.
- Congress
- 105
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jun 19, 1997
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Spence amendment (A003) Agreed to by recorded vote: 332 - 88 (Roll no. 216).
- Latest Action Time
- 21:10:23
- Submitted Date
- Jun 19, 1997
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021