[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6504 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6504

To prohibit actions to carry out the Department of Commerce's pause in 
   the issuance of new export licenses for certain exports under the 
                         Commerce Control List.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2023

Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Posey, Mr. Graves 
  of Missouri, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Alford, and Mr. 
 Dunn of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit actions to carry out the Department of Commerce's pause in 
   the issuance of new export licenses for certain exports under the 
                         Commerce Control List.

    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 ``Protect American Gun Exporters 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS TO CARRY OUT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              COMMERCE'S PAUSE IN THE ISSUANCE OF NEW EXPORT LICENSES 
              FOR CERTAIN EXPORTS UNDER THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST.

    (a) In General.--Effective beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce--
            (1) may not take any action to carry out the Department of 
        Commerce's assessment or any policy changes resulting from the 
        assessment announced on October 27, 2023, relating to the 
        Department's pause in the issuance of new export licenses for 
        exports of all items controlled under Export Control 
        Classification Numbers 0A501, 0A502, 0A504, and 0A505 of the 
        Commerce Control List; and
            (2) may not take any substantially similar action to pause 
        or otherwise suspend or prohibit the issuance of new export 
        licenses for exports of any or all items described in paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Exception.--The Secretary of Commerce may take an action 
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) only if--
            (1) the action is subject to and meets the requirements 
        of--
                    (A) section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) chapter 8 of title 5, commonly known as the 
                ``Congressional Review Act''); and
            (2) before taking the action, the Secretary conducts a 
        regulatory impact analysis of the action.
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