Congressman John Moolenaar Chairman of the Select Committee on the CCP | Official U.S. House headshot
Congressman John Moolenaar Chairman of the Select Committee on the CCP | Official U.S. House headshot
On January 2, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party urged Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo 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 abroad.
Chairman Moolenaar and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi expressed their support for the Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion. They offered specific recommendations to ensure these controls prevent critical and sensitive AI technology from reaching the Chinese Communist Party, which they claim uses such technology to build the People’s Liberation Army, hack into U.S. systems, and oppress Chinese citizens.
In their letter, the lawmakers 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.”
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