Budget Summary Proposes Additional Staff for Export Controls, Entity List Proposals

A brief sketch of President Joe Biden's budget priorities, released April 9, proposes increasing Commerce Department funding by 28%, or $2.5 billion. In a bullet list of where extra funding would go, without line-item details, the administration said it would like to guarantee “Commerce has additional staff and resources to analyze export control and Entity List proposals, enforce related actions, and implement executive actions related to export controls and secure telecommunications.”