U.S. Department of Commerce — Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

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Confidential export-enforcement lead/tip form · Web form

https://www.bis.gov/contact-us

Vérifié · 2026-09-22

Report suspected export-control violations, including diversion of controlled AI chips. BIS's contact page links a confidential lead/tip form and its OEE field offices.

VERIFIED — the contact page was fetched and shows the confidential tip route; the form's own deep link was not separately fetched.

Export counselling · Email address

(202) 482-4811 — phone only; no public email published

Vérifié · 2026-09-22

Guidance on EAR obligations, Mon-Fri 8am-5pm ET, Washington DC office.

VERIFIED on https://www.bis.gov/contact-us. BIS publishes phone lines rather than email for counselling (Denied Persons List 202-482-0043; Entity List 202-482-5991; Unverified List 202-482-4255).

Public comment on proposed EAR rules · Regulatory docket

https://www.regulations.gov/

Non vérifié

BIS interim final rules on AI chips routinely invite comment for 30-60 days after publication.

UNVERIFIED as fetched. Find the docket number in the Federal Register notice for the specific rule.

Homepage · Homepage

https://www.bis.gov/

Non contrôlé

Ce qu'il fait

Administers and enforces the EAR, including export controls on advanced computing chips, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and (under some rules) model weights. Rescinded the Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule in 2025 and codified a revised advanced-chip licence review policy in Jan 2026 (see 91 FR, doc 2026-00789). Can deny licences, impose civil penalties, add parties to the Entity List / Denied Persons List, and refer criminal cases. This is the single hardest-edged US compute-governance lever.

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Évaluation franche

The tip line is real and is read — export-enforcement leads are triaged by OEE agents and this is one of the very few US channels where a member of the public can trigger an actual investigation into AI-related conduct. Comment on interim final rules is technically open but BIS rules take effect immediately and are rarely reversed by comment; industry influence here runs through licensing counsel and direct agency meetings. If your concern is frontier compute proliferation, this is the agency with teeth — but frame it as a control violation, not as a safety argument.

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