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[H.R. 1316 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1316

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        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 
    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.
        ``(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 
        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).
        ``(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.
        ``(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
                ``(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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.