Strategic Export Controls and Border Security Enhancement Act

It is the sense of Congress that the Department of State plays a central role in advancing the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States by—

(1) engaging in diplomacy to promote compliance with United States nonproliferation objectives and to strengthen responsible trade in strategic and dual-use items;

(2) strengthening cooperation with allies, partners, and multilateral institutions to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials and technologies, including their delivery systems, through implementation of export controls and enhanced border security and customs enforcement;

(3) enhancing the capacity of foreign governments in developing and implementing strategic trade control systems consistent with United States foreign policy objectives and national security; and

(4) supporting an Office of Export Controls and Border Security within the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation of the Department of State as a core instrument of United States nonproliferation, export control, and border security assistance, including by sustaining cooperation in priority regions to strengthen strategic trade controls, customs enforcement capacity, and interdiction of proliferation-sensitive goods and related technologies, including dual-use items.