Legislation Introduced In US House To Remove Hightech Export Barriers To India
Washington, September 9: During President Joe Biden's visit to New Delhi, two influential lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have introduced a bill to remove barriers to high-tech exports to India, providing a major incentive for unrestricted exports of sensitive technologies into the country. and strengthening bilateral technological cooperation that needs to be carried out
Congressman Gregory Meeks, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Andy Barr, co-chair of the House India Caucus, introduced the bill on Friday.
The India Technology Export Act is intended to facilitate the sale of high-performance computers and related equipment to India and strengthen technical cooperation between the United States and India.
"As President Biden visits India to attend the G-20 Summit, we are pleased to introduce the India Technology Export Act to strengthen technology cooperation between the United States and India," the two lawmakers said in a joint statement.
“This bill removes restrictions on the sale of U.S. products such as digital computers and electronic assemblies to India without Department of Commerce authorization, thereby improving U.S.-India technology trade, connectivity among our technology companies, and the resiliency of our supply chains.” write.
“As we work to strengthen our strategic partnership with India, these legislative changes reduce barriers to technology cooperation,” Meeks and Barr said.
The bill states that Congress believes that greater technology and defense cooperation with India is critical to addressing geopolitical and security challenges.
Therefore, it is important to reduce regulatory barriers to technology cooperation with India to enhance national security and prioritize strategic priorities, the bill said.
The bill states that President Biden's commitment to exporting high-performance computers to India will strengthen U.S.-India technology cooperation and demonstrate Congress's commitment to India as a strategic partner.
Therefore, the removal of India from the list of countries eligible to participate in Section 740.7(d) of the 15 Code of Federal Regulations for "Layer-3 Computing" will help strengthen bilateral relations, it said Bill.
Given that the United States has designated India as the United States' principal defense partner, providing access to a wide range of military and dual-use items controlled by the Department of Commerce, the bill states that the Department of Commerce Goods controlled for national security reasons. Cause. India is subject to a general licensing policy for civil or military end uses in India or the Government of India, provided the goods are not intended for nuclear, missile, chemical or biological activities.
However, the export of high-performance computers to India currently requires US government approval under Section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1998.
The US President does not have the authority to remove India from the list of eligible Tier 3 computing countries. A bill passed by Congress will help make this easier.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Biden met in New Delhi on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Both leaders pledged to deepen and diversify their extensive bilateral defense cooperation. (PTI)
