[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6614 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6614


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 2024

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
                       Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 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 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this subsection, and not less frequently than 
        every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary, shall 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 90 days preceding the previous 90-
        day period, the following:
                    ``(A) For each license application or other request 
                for authorization, the name of the entity submitting 
                the application (both parent company as well as the 
                subsidiary directly involved), 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 site 
                inspections, monitoring, and enforcement actions 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).
                    ``(D) For each license denial in which items in 
                category EAR99 constitute at least 50 percent of the 
                financial value of the license application, a list 
                detailing what specific items are being denied a 
                license.
            ``(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 
                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 September 9, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.