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BIS License Fee Prohibition Act
To prohibit the collection and obligation of any fee collected in connection with an export license and require the return of such fee to the holder of the license, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the federal government from collecting fees related to export licenses issued under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018. Any fees that were previously collected in connection with these licenses must be returned to the license holders within 30 days of the bill's enactment. The bill specifies that amounts collected before enactment cannot be used for other purposes and must be fully refunded. The legislation explicitly states it does not authorize the implementation of any export fees on semiconductors.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
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Top reported contributors to Sydney Kamlager-Dove’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NOT-EMPLOYED $24,000
- THE VISTRIA GROUP $21,600
- NULL $20,500
- JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY $10,100
- MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO $8,600
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Actions (2)
- Nov 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2025
Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit the collection and obligation of any fee collected in connection with an export license and require the return of such fee to the holder of the license, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “BIS License Fee Prohibition Act”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution directly states, “No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State”.
(2) Section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 50 U.S.C. 4815) states, “No fee may be charged in connection with the submission, processing, or consideration of any application for a license or other authorization or other request made in connection with any regulation in effect under the authority of this part.”.
(3) The placement of export controls on dual-use technologies to the People’s Republic of China should be based on assessments of national security and economic competitiveness.
SEC. 3. LICENSE FEES PROHIBITED.
(a) Prohibition.—No amount may be collected by the Federal Government after the date of the enactment of this Act in the form of revenue-sharing, fees, or any other monetary arrangement subject to or conditional upon which a person receives or maintains the ability to benefit from a license or other authorization under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
(b) Limitation.—No amount collected before, on, or after such date of enactment in any manner described in subsection (a) may be obligated or expended for any purpose other than to be returned to the holder of the license under subsection (c).
(c) Compensation.—Not later than 30 days after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall return to or pay the holder of each applicable license or other authorization with respect to which any amount was collected before or on the date of such enactment in any manner described in subsection (a) the full amount so collected.
(d) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the implementation of any export fee on semiconductors or otherwise indicate that such fee is consistent with the requirements of the Constitution or of section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 50 U.S.C. 4815). <all>
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