119-s744

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 744 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 744

 To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing 
 transparency.

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 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

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 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.--
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    (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:
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        (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.
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        (B) The date, location, and result of any related 
 enforcement activities, such as end-use checks, to 
 ensure compliance with United States export controls.
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            (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
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            (ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
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        (B) the term `covered entity' means any entity 
 that--
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            (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
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            (ii) is included on--
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            (I) the list maintained and set 
 forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 
 of the Export Administration 
 Regulations; or
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            (II) the list maintained and set 
 forth in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 
 of the Export Administration 
 Regulations.''.
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