Citing China, BIS official asks senators for more agency authority, funding

The Bureau of Industry and Security needs more authorities and increased funding to better restrict Chinese access to advanced U.S. technologies, Assistant Commerce Secretary for Export Administration Thea Rozman Kendler told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday. The agency would like Congress to authorize a program that would bring outside technical experts to BIS and expand the agency’s authorities to regulate technology that is accessed remotely, Kendler told the committee during a hearing on export controls,...