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

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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.--
            ``(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:
                    ``(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.
                    ``(B) The date, location, and result of any related 
                enforcement activities, such as 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) 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 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
                            ``(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.''.
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