---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 4583"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "4583"
heading: "Report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/4583"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Defense Production"
  - "Subchapter IV — Prohibition and Notification on Investments Relating to Covered National Security Transactions"
---

# §4583. Report

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 18 months after December 18, 2025, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) of Commerce and, as appropriate, the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/50/4589.md?p=1) a report, subject to appropriate confidentiality and classification requirements, that—
  - (1) lists all enforcement actions taken subject to the existing regulations and regulations issued under section[^1] 4581(e) and [4582(b)](/usc/50/4582.md?p=b) of this title during the year preceding submission of the report, which includes, with respect to each such action, a description of—
    - (A) the [prohibited technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A) or [notifiable technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=7-A);
    - (B) the [covered national security transaction](/usc/50/4589.md?p=4-A);
    - (C) the [covered foreign person](/usc/50/4589.md?p=3); and
    - (D) the relevant [United States person](/usc/50/4589.md?p=12);
  - (2) provides an assessment of the definition of the term “[prohibited technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A)” under existing regulations or regulations issued under section [4581(e)](/usc/50/4581.md?p=e) or [4582(b)](/usc/50/4582.md?p=b) of this title by—
    - (A) identifying additional technologies that the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) of Commerce and, as applicable, the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) of Defense, the Secretary of State, the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) of Energy, the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies, determined under existing regulations or regulations issued pursuant to 4581(e)[^2] of this title may pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2);
    - (B) explaining why each technology identified in [subparagraph (A)](#a-2-A) may pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2); and
    - (C) describing any removal of technologies from the category of [prohibited technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A) under existing regulations or regulations issued under [section 4581(e) of this title](/usc/50/4581.md?p=e) during the reporting period to the extent that the technologies no longer pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2);
  - (3) lists all notifications submitted under existing regulations or regulations issued section[^3] [4582](/usc/50/4582.md) of this title during the year preceding submission of the report and includes, with respect to each such notification—
    - (A) basic information on each [party](/usc/50/4589.md?p=8) to the [covered national security transaction](/usc/50/4589.md?p=4-A) with respect to which the notification was submitted; and
    - (B) the nature of the [covered national security transaction](/usc/50/4589.md?p=4-A) that was the subject of the notification, including the elements of the [covered national security transaction](/usc/50/4589.md?p=4-A) that necessitated a notification;
  - (4) includes a summary of those notifications, disaggregated by [prohibited technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A), by [notifiable technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=7-A), by [covered national security transaction](/usc/50/4589.md?p=4-A), and by [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2);
  - (5) provides additional context and information regarding trends in the [prohibited technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A), [notifiable technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=7-A), the types of [covered national security transaction](/usc/50/4589.md?p=4-A), and the countries involved in those notifications; and
  - (6) assesses the overall impact of those notifications, including recommendations for—
    - (A) expanding existing Federal programs to support the production or supply of [prohibited technologies](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A) or [notifiable technologies](/usc/50/4589.md?p=7-A) in the United States, including the potential of existing authorities to address any related national security concerns;
    - (B) investments needed to enhance [prohibited technologies](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A) or [notifiable technologies](/usc/50/4589.md?p=7-A) and reduce United States dependence on countries of concern regarding those technologies; and
    - (C) the continuation, expansion, or modification of the implementation and administration of this subchapter.
- (b) **Consideration of certain information—** In preparing the report pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11)—
  - (1) shall consider information provided jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of any of the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/50/4589.md?p=1);
  - (2) may consider credible information obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations that monitor the military, surveillance, intelligence, or technology capabilities of a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2); and
  - (3) may consider any other information that the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) deems relevant.
- (c) **Form of report—** Each report required by this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
- (d) **Testimony required—** Not later than one year after December 18, 2025, and annually thereafter for five years, the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) and the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) of Commerce, or their designee, shall each provide to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Financial [Services](/usc/50/4552.md?p=16) of the House of Representatives testimony with respect to the national security threats relating to investments by [United States persons](/usc/50/4589.md?p=12) in countries of concern and broader international capital flows.
- (e) **Requests by appropriate congressional committees—**
  - (1) **In general—** After receiving a request that meets the requirements of [paragraph (2)](#e-2) with respect to whether a technology should be included in the amendments as described in [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2), the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) shall, in preparing the report pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a)—
    - (A) determine if that technology may pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2); and
    - (B) include in the report pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) an explanation with respect to that determination that includes—
      - (i) a statement of whether or not the technology, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11), may pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2); and
      - (ii) if the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) determines that—
        - (I) the technology may pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2), an explanation for such determination and a recommendation whether that technology should be named a [prohibited technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=10-A) or a [notifiable technology](/usc/50/4589.md?p=7-A); and
        - (II) the technology would not pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2), an explanation for such determination.
  - (2) **Requirements—** A request under [paragraph (1)](#e-1) with respect to whether a technology may pose an acute threat to the national security of the United States if developed or acquired by a [country of concern](/usc/50/4589.md?p=2) shall be submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/50/4589.md?p=11) in writing jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of 1 or more of the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/50/4589.md?p=1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “sections”.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be preceded by “section”.
[^3]: So in original. Probably should be preceded by “under”.

## Source credit

(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, § 803, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1926.)