HR 1316
· 119th Congress
· Foreign Trade and International Finance
Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
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Became Public Law No: 119-34.
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Aug 19, 2025
signed
Signed by President.
Aug 19, 2025
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-34.
Aug 15, 2025
sent
Presented to President.
Jul 23, 2025
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 22, 2025
committee
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Jul 22, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 22, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4573)
May 06, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
May 05, 2025
floor
Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 05, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1834-1836)
May 05, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1316.
May 05, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1834-1835)
May 05, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1834-1835)
May 05, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 13, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2025
Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
This bill requires the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to annually report to Congress on export control licensing.
Under current law, BIS administers and enforces controls on the export of dual-use goods (e.g., items with both civilian and military uses) and certain military parts and components. These export controls are implemented primarily under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Under this bill, BIS must annually report to Congress on license applications, enforcement actions, and other requests for authorization for the export, reexport, release, and in-country transfer of items subject to the EAR to covered entities. A covered entity is any entity that (1) is located or operating in a country listed in Country Group D:5 (countries that are identified by the Department of State as subject to U.S. arms embargoes), and (2) is included on the Entity List or the Military End-User List (two of the lists published by BIS containing information on the individuals, organizations, and addresses subject to restrictions involving items subject to the EAR).
The bill requires this report to include specified information, such as the name of the entity submitting the application, where the item is being exported, the decision with respect to the license application or authorization, and information on related enforcement activities to ensure compliance with U.S. export controls. The information shall be exempt from public disclosure (except for aggregate statistics).
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 1316 Engrossed in House (EH)]
+[H.R. 1316 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+H.R.1316
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-H. R. 1316
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-AN ACT
+United States of America
+
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
+
+An Act
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
+``(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 end-use checks related to,
-as well as license applications and other requests for
-authorization for the export, reexport, release, and in-country
-transfer of items controlled under this part to covered
-entities.
+congressional committees a report on end-use checks related to, as
+well as license applications 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 preceding 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 reason for 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
+``(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 reason for
+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 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).
+``(B) The date, location, and result of any 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) Protecting enforcement information.--In preparing and
submitting a report under subsection (e), the Secretary shall
ensure that information that may jeopardize an ongoing
-investigation shall not be included in the contents of the
-report.
+investigation shall not be included in the contents of the report.
``(5) 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 in a country listed in
-Country Group D:5 under Supplement No. 1 to
-part 740 of title 15, Code of Federal
-Regulations; and
+``(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 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.''.
-Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025.
+``(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.''.
-Attest:
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Clerk.
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-H. R. 1316
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
-
-To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing
-transparency.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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