On January 2, Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party addressed Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. They urged her to impose strict redlines in a forthcoming 'Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion.' This framework aims to establish protocols for exporting high-end U.S. technology used in Artificial Intelligence.

Both lawmakers support the Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion and have provided specific recommendations. Their goal is to ensure that critical and sensitive AI technology does not fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, which they claim uses it to strengthen the People’s Liberation Army, conduct cyber-attacks against the United States, and oppress Chinese citizens.

In their letter, Moolenaar and Krishnamoorthi stated: “We strongly encourage you to move forward with this important action... In finalizing the rule, you should impose clear redlines for countries that may want access to U.S. technology. For example, any foreign country that houses a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) base (or has comparable agreements to regularly host PLA assets and personnel or PRC intelligence capabilities) should not be allowed to receive advanced U.S. GPUs, or any country that hosts Huawei cloud computing infrastructure should be restricted from accessing the model weights of closed-weight dual-use AI models.”

The full text of their letter can be viewed online.