John Sarbanes: “the managers' amendment consists of provisions intended to clarify, correct, and improve the bill. Section 211: This…”

“the managers' amendment consists of provisions intended to clarify, correct, and improve the bill. Section 211: This provision amends the term ``interested party'' in Section 211 (foreign availability and mass market status) to ensure its consistency with terms used in the rest of the bill. Sections 205, 302, and 307 all refer to ``interested person(s)''. The managers' amendment corrects the references in Section 211 by replacing ``interested party'' with ``interested person''. Sections 214 and 701: This provision clarifies the duties of the Office of Technology Evaluation. Section 214 of the bill establishes an Office of Technology Evaluation to analyze information and provide assessments for use in export control policy. The managers' amendment clarifies that when assessing the effect of foreign competition on critical US industrial sectors, the Office is to consider imports of manufactured goods. It also modifies Section 701 (annual report) to ensure that the Commerce Department's annual report to Congress includes a description of such assessments. The managers worked closely with Senator Hollings to include this provision. Section 311: The next provision modifies Section 311 (crime control instruments). Section 311 preserves authority contained in existing law (Section 6(n) of the Export Administration Act of 1979) to ensure that crime control and detection instruments and equipment may be exported only subject to an export license.”