Senators Dave McCormick and Ron Wyden introduced the Remote Access Security Act, which amends the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to extend existing export controls to the remote access of controlled U.S. technology through cloud infrastructure.
Support and advance legislation to extend export controls to the remote access of controlled U.S. technology through cloud infrastructure.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official press-releases page shows McCormick's latest items on June 17, June 16, and June 4, centered on Iran internet freedom, a CMS letter, and a robotics bill; it does not show any recent release about export controls or cloud-based access to controlled technology.
The sponsored-legislation page lists McCormick's updated bill information through June 16, 2026, including bills on terrorism risk insurance, robotics, energy, vessels, autonomous systems, reindustrialization, and veterans tech, but no export-controls/cloud-infrastructure bill appears in the current list.
Congress.gov text shows S.3374 was introduced by Sen. Ricketts with Sen. McCormick and others, and would amend the Export Control Reform Act to require and deny licenses for certain advanced integrated-circuit exports to foreign adversary countries.
Congress.gov lists Sen. McCormick as an original cosponsor of S.3374 on December 4, 2025. The bill remains at the introduced stage with referral to Senate Banking.
Congress.gov status for S.3374 shows the latest action was Senate referral to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on December 4, 2025; the tracker status is Introduced.
The Senate resolution text says the United States should export its AI stack, including AI chips, cloud infrastructure, and models, to allies while restricting adversary access through export controls and limits on advanced-chip exports.
The Verge reported that the bipartisan AI resolution was cosponsored by Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Dave McCormick and called for keeping advanced AI chips, cloud infrastructure, and models from China and other adversaries.
McCormick’s official cosponsored-legislation page lists the SAFE Chips Act of 2025 among his cosponsored measures, with latest action as Senate Banking referral.
McCormick’s official press-release index through late June 2026 shows recent announcements on the state fair, organic certification, unmanned systems, defense innovation, Iran internet freedom, NIH funding, and robotics, with no listed release on cloud-based export controls.
Assessments
McCormick has taken same-term action related to export controls and advanced AI/chip technology, including cosponsoring the SAFE Chips Act and reportedly cosponsoring an AI resolution addressing adversary access to AI chips, cloud infrastructure, and models. However, the evidence does not show that he sponsored or advanced enacted legislation specifically extending export controls to remote access of controlled U.S. technology through cloud infrastructure. The main bill cited remains introduced/referred, and the cloud-specific item appears to be a nonbinding resolution rather than passed legislation. This supports partial credit for effort on the policy area, not full delivery.
Current official evidence shows McCormick is active legislatively, but it does not show a sponsored bill, press announcement, or other material step specifically aimed at extending export controls to remote access of controlled U.S. technology through cloud infrastructure. Because he is in active federal office and the available record is only a limited current-term snapshot, the absence of direct evidence is not enough to score the promise as delivered or definitively failed. The best judgment on this record is unresolved rather than never, and there is not enough evidence of a serious concrete attempt to award an effort badge.