report on technical data transfers

report on technical data transfers Sec. 120. The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study of the transfer of technical data and other information to any country to which exports are restricted for national security purposes and the problem of the export, by publications or any other means of public dissemination, of technical data or other information from the United States, the export of which might prove detrimental to the national security or foreign policy of the United States. Not later than 12 months after the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall report to the Congress his assessment of the impact of the export of such technical data or other information by such means on the national security and foreign policy of the United States and his recommendations for monitoring such exports without impairing freedom of speech, freedom of press, or the freedom of scientific exchange. Such report may be91 STAT. 244 included in the semiannual report required by section 10 of the Export Administration Act of 1969.