Sec. 1254. REPORT TO APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

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## SEC. 1254 REPORT TO APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS ###

(a)In General Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress setting forth— ####

(1)the advisability and feasibility of mandating electronic filing through the Automated Export System for all Shippers' Export Declarations; ####

(2)the manner in which data gathered through the Automated Export System can most effectively be used, consistent with the need to ensure the confidentiality of business information, by other automated licensing systems administered by Federal agencies, including— #####

(A)the Defense Trade Application System of the Department of State; #####

(B)the Export Control Automated Support System of the Department of Commerce; #####

(C)the Foreign Disclosure and Technology Information System of the Department of Defense; #####

(D)the Proliferation Information Network System of the Department of Energy; #####

(E)the Enforcement Communication System of the Department of the Treasury; and #####

(F)the Export Control System of the Central Intelligence Agency; and ####

(3)a proposed timetable for any expansion of information required to be filed through the Automated Export System. ###

(b)Definition In this section, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.