END-USE VERIFICATION FOR USE BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS.

SEC. 1407. END-USE VERIFICATION FOR USE BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS. (a) Revised HPC Verification System.—The President shall seek to enter into an agreement with the People’s Republic of China to revise the existing verification system with the People’s Republic of China with respect to end-use verification for high-performance computers exported or to be exported to the People’s Republic of China so as to provide for an open and transparent system providing for effective end-use verification for such computers. The President shall transmit a copy of any such agreement to Congress. (b) Definition.—As used in this section and section 1406, the term “high-performance computer” means a computer which, by virtue of its composite theoretical performance level, would be subject to section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note). (c) Adjustment of Composite Theoretical Performance Levels for Post-Shipment Verification.—Section 1213 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Adjustment of Performance Levels.—Whenever a new composite theoretical performance level is established under section 1211(d), that level shall apply for purposes of subsection (a) of this section in lieu of the level set forth in subsection (a).”.