Review and classification of general aviation dual-use technologies

(a) Findings Congress finds that certain general aviation technologies have significant dual-use potential, including for unmanned aerial systems, military trainers, and tactical aviation platforms, but are not currently classified as controlled items on the Commerce Control List (CCL) maintained pursuant to part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or are controlled at inadequate levels relative to their strategic significance. (b) Required review Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, shall conduct a comprehensive review of the CCL and related Export Administration Regulations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) to determine whether the following technologies should be newly classified or reclassified as controlled items requiring a license for export, reexport, or in-country transfer to countries of concern: (1) High-efficiency piston and small turboprop engines (A) Diesel-cycle and Jet-A-fuel capable horizontally opposed piston aircraft engines producing 100 shaft horsepower or greater, including associated type certificate data, manufacturing process know-how, and fuel injection and ignition systems. (B) Small turboprop engines with a maximum continuous power output below 2,000 shaft horsepower, including associated reduction gearboxes, full authority digital engine control systems, and maintenance data packages. (C) Engine test cell equipment, tooling, and software capable of certifying the engines described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) to FAA or equivalent standards. (2) Advanced composite airframes and structural systems (A) Carbon fiber and advanced composite airframe structures, tooling, and layup processes used in the production of high-performance general aviation aircraft, including structural health monitoring systems using embedded sensor arrays or acoustic emission detection capable of real-time structural integrity assessment. (B) Associated design data, finite element analysis models, and FAA-approved structural repair manuals for composite airframes that would enable foreign entities to reproduce or adapt airframe designs for unmanned or military platforms. (3) Avionics and flight control systems (A) Autopilot and flight director systems capable of coupling with a flight management system and executing instrument approaches to Category I precision minimums or better, when designed or adaptable for platforms with a maximum takeoff weight below 12,500 pounds. (B) Fly-by-wire flight control systems for general aviation or light sport aircraft. (C) Integrated avionics suites combining navigation, communication, surveillance, and flight management functions on a common software-defined architecture, when such architecture is capable of software reconfiguration to support unmanned flight operations. (D) Air-to-ground and air-to-air data link systems operating in frequency bands allocated for aeronautical mobile services, when combined with or capable of integration with an autopilot or flight management system. (c) Report to congress Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, a report setting forth— (1) the findings of the review conducted under subsection (b); (2) the specific Export Control Classification Number revisions, new entries, or license requirements the Secretary has implemented or proposes to implement with respect to each technology category described in subsection (b); and (3) any interagency disagreements regarding classification decisions and how such disagreements were or are being resolved. (d) Wassenaar arrangement and multilateral controls The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense, shall seek to advance analogous control measures for the technologies described in subsection (b) through the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies and other applicable multilateral export control regimes, consistent with United States national security and foreign policy objectives.