§4585. Public database of covered foreign persons

(a) In general

The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may establish a publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database that identifies covered foreign persons that are either engaged in a prohibited technology or a notifiable technology pursuant to this subchapter.

(b) Modification process

The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to establish a mechanism for a covered foreign person to petition for their removal from or inclusion in the publicly accessible, non-exhaustive database described in (a).¹

(c) Confidentiality of evidence

The Secretary shall establish a mechanism for the public, including Congress, stakeholders, investors, and nongovernmental organizations, to submit evidence on a confidential basis regarding whether a foreign person is a covered foreign person in a prohibited technology or notifiable technology and should be included in the database described in subsection (a), if any.

(d) Rule of construction

The database described in subsection (a), if any, shall not be considered to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of covered foreign persons for the purposes of this subchapter.

(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, §805, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, §8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1930 .)

¹ So in original. Probably should be preceded by "subsection".