Advancing national security through technology leadership and vigilant export controls

Special Issues

• Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits

  On May 13, 2025, BIS published the following policy statement and guidance on advanced computing integrated circuits.

  
  BIS Policy Statement

  Industry Guidance

  Guidance on General Prohibition 10

• Section 232 Investigations

  The Secretary of Commerce initiated investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the effects on the national security of imports of the following: 

  • Copper
  • Timber and Lumber
  • Semiconductors
  • Pharmaceuticals  
  • Trucks
  • Critical Minerals
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Polysilicon
  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
     

  Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or information pertinent to the polysilicon and its derivatives investigations by August 6, 2025 and pertinent to the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their parts and components investigations by August 6, 2025. Materials should be submitted via https://www.regulations.gov.

  Section 232 Homepage: Section 232 Investigations

• Decommissioning of Legacy SNAP-R on June 30, 2025

  The current SNAP-R and self-management software will be decommissioned on June 30, 2025.  If you have not already done so, please migrate your account(s) to the updated SNAP-R application before then to ensure continued access to the SNAP-R system.  Each individual is required to migrate their account.  Details on the step-by-step migration process can be found here.  If you run into issues, please contact [email protected].