unilateral export controls The Secretary, with respect to those items on the Commerce Control List maintained under part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State, with respect to those items on the United States Munitions List and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other departments as appropriate, shall determine whether national security concerns warrant continued unilateral export controls over technologies proposed for multilateral control under paragraph (1) if the relevant multilateral export control regime does not agree to list such technologies on its control list within three years of a proposal by the United States. (e) Report The Secretary, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on a semiannual basis a report on updates of any key actions taken pursuant to this section. (f) Rule of construction Nothing in this section should be construed to alter or limit— (1) the authority of the President and the Secretary of State to designate those items that are considered to be defense articles or defense services for purposes of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) or any other relevant law, and to regulate such items