Bureau of Industry and Security
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The Bureau of Industry and Security is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating exports, enforcing export control laws, and protecting national security and foreign policy interests through oversight of sensitive technologies and dual-use items.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T93195 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Industry and Security Context triple: [U.S. Department of Commerce, oversees, Bureau of Industry and Security]
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A.
U.S. Department of Commerce
The U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal executive department responsible for promoting economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development through policies, data, and support for businesses and innovation.
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B.
International Trade Administration
The International Trade Administration is a U.S. government agency that promotes American exports, ensures fair trade by enforcing trade laws and agreements, and supports U.S. businesses in international markets.
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C.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for enhancing the security, resilience, and reliability of the nation’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure.
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D.
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency is a U.S. intelligence organization responsible for signals intelligence collection and information assurance, including the interception and analysis of electronic communications for national security purposes.
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E.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Industry and Security Target entity description: The Bureau of Industry and Security is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating exports, enforcing export control laws, and protecting national security and foreign policy interests through oversight of sensitive technologies and dual-use items.
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A.
U.S. Department of Commerce
The U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal executive department responsible for promoting economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development through policies, data, and support for businesses and innovation.
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B.
International Trade Administration
The International Trade Administration is a U.S. government agency that promotes American exports, ensures fair trade by enforcing trade laws and agreements, and supports U.S. businesses in international markets.
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C.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for enhancing the security, resilience, and reliability of the nation’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure.
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D.
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency is a U.S. intelligence organization responsible for signals intelligence collection and information assurance, including the interception and analysis of electronic communications for national security purposes.
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E.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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export control authority ⓘ |
| administers |
EAR
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Bureau of Industry and Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
|
| canImpose |
civil penalties for export control violations
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criminal penalties referrals for export control violations ⓘ denial of export privileges ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense
United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. intelligence community
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforces |
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
U.S. export control and antiboycott laws ⓘ antiboycott provisions of U.S. law ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Export Enforcement
International Trade Administration ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Exporter Services
Bureau of Industry and Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls
Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance ⓘ Bureau of Industry and Security self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security
Office of Technology Evaluation ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| issues | export licenses for controlled items ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legalAuthority | Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ⓘ |
| maintains | Commerce Control List ⓘ |
| mission | advance U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives through effective export control and treaty compliance systems ⓘ |
| oversees |
Denied Persons List
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Military End User List ⓘ U.S. Entity List ⓘ Unverified List ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
Australia Group implementation for the U.S.
ⓘ
Missile Technology Control Regime implementation for the U.S. ⓘ Nuclear Suppliers Group implementation for the U.S. ⓘ Wassenaar Arrangement implementation for the U.S. ⓘ multilateral export control regimes ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Department of Commerce
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surface form:
United States Department of Commerce
|
| predecessor | Bureau of Export Administration ⓘ |
| regulates |
exports of dual-use items
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exports of sensitive technologies ⓘ in-country transfers of controlled items ⓘ reexports of controlled items ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
dual-use item controls
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enforcement of U.S. export control laws ⓘ export control ⓘ protection of U.S. foreign policy interests through export controls ⓘ protection of U.S. national security interests through export controls ⓘ |
| shortName | BIS ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bis.doc.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bureau of Industry and Security Description of subject: The Bureau of Industry and Security is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating exports, enforcing export control laws, and protecting national security and foreign policy interests through oversight of sensitive technologies and dual-use items.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bureau of Industry and Security
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administers
→
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
Bureau of Industry and Security
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enforces
→
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
Bureau of Industry and Security
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hasDivision
→
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Office of Export Enforcement
Bureau of Industry and Security
→
hasDivision
→
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls
Bureau of Industry and Security
→
hasDivision
→
Bureau of Industry and Security
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Industry and Security (for overlapping jurisdiction)
this entity surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
subject surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
subject surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
subject surface form:
Export Administration Regulations
this entity surface form:
Office of Export Enforcement
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Industry and Security website