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Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing transparency.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit annual reports to Congress detailing export license applications and enforcement actions related to controlled items going to restricted entities in certain countries. The reports must include details for each license application such as the applicant name, item description, end-user information, value estimate, approval decision, and submission date, as well as results of enforcement activities like end-use checks. Reports must also provide aggregate statistics across all license applications. The detailed information in the reports would be kept confidential and not publicly disclosed, though aggregate statistics would be included.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
Actions (2)
- Feb 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. · senate
- Feb 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2025
Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing transparency.
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 “Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. LICENSING TRANSPARENCY.
Section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Report.—
“(1) In general.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary, shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on license applications, enforcement actions, and other requests for authorization for the export, reexport, release, and in-country transfer of items controlled under this part to covered entities.
“(2) Elements.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the one year preceding the previous one-year period, the following:
“(A) For each license application or other request for authorization, the name of the entity submitting the application, a brief description of the item (including the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) and level of control, if applicable), the name of the end-user, the end-user’s location, a value estimate, decision with respect to the license application or authorization, and the date of submission.
“(B) The date, location, and result of any related enforcement activities, such as end-use checks, to ensure compliance with United States export controls.
“(C) Aggregate statistics on all license applications and other requests for authorization as described in subparagraph (A).
“(3) Confidentiality of information.—The information required to be provided in the reports required by this subsection (other than the information required by paragraph
(2)(C)) shall be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 1761(h)(1).
“(4) Definitions.—In this subsection—
“(A) the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means—
“(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
“(ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
“(B) the term ‘covered entity’ means any entity that—
“(i) is located or operating in a country listed in Country Group D:5 under Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; and
“(ii) is included on—
“(I) the list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations; or
“(II) the list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations.”. <all>
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