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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7151 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 

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

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide 

for expedited consideration of proposals for additions 

to, removals from, or other modifications with respect 

to entities on the Entity List, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Control En3 forcement and Enhancement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR 

5 ADDITIONS TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER 

6 MODIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES 

7 ON THE ENTITY LIST. 

8 Section 1754 of the Export Control Reform Act of 

9 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS

12 FOR ADDITIONS TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER MODI13 FICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES ON THE ENTITY

14 LIST.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any member of the End16 User Review Committee may submit a proposal di17 rectly to the Committee requesting a vote of all 

18 members of the Committee for additions to, remov19 als from, or other modifications with respect to the 

20 Entity List. A proposal to add an entity to the Enti21 ty List shall be made in accordance with the provi22 sions of paragraph (3). 

23 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—Subject to paragraph 

24 (4)(B), the End-User Review Committee shall vote 

25 to approve or disapprove a proposal submitted under 

26 paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date 


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1 on which the proposal is submitted to the Com2 mittee. 

3 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Chair of 

4 the End-User Review Committee, with the concur5 rence of the member of the Committee that sub6 mitted a proposal under paragraph (1), may suspend 

7 for an additional 15 days the time period specified 

8 in paragraph (2) with respect to consideration of the 

9 proposal if the Chair and the member determine 

10 that additional information is required in order 

11 make a determination with respect to the proposal, 

12 including the impact and effect of the proposal. 

13 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONS TO THE ENTITY LIST.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity may be 

15 added to the Entity List if the End-User Re16 view Committee by majority vote of its members 

17 has determined that the entity has engaged, is 

18 engaged, or is at risk of engaging in activities 

19 contrary to the national security or foreign pol20 icy interests of the United States. 

21 ‘‘(B) LICENSING POLICY.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

23 (ii), there shall be in effect a policy of pre24 sumption of denial for all applications for 

25 a license to export, reexport, or in-country 


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1 transfer any item subject to the Export 

2 Administration Regulations if an entity 

3 added to the Entity List under this sub4 section is or would be a party to a trans5 action with respect to which the applica6 tion applies. 

7 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The licensing pol8 icy required by clause (i) shall not apply 

9 with respect an entity described in such 

10 clause if the members of the End-User Re11 view Committee that voted to add the enti12 ty to the Entity List under this subsection 

13 agree by majority vote of such members to 

14 apply a different policy with respect to the 

15 entity for all or specific types of items sub16 ject to the Export Administration Regula17 tions that would be in the national security 

18 and foreign policy interests of the United 

19 States. 

20 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

21 in this paragraph may be construed to limit or 

22 otherwise affect the escalation procedures de23 scribed in part 750 of the Export Administra24 tion Regulations. 

25 ‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

2 End-User Review Committee shall have 1 vote 

3 with respect to matters described in this sub4 section. The chairperson of the Committee shall 

5 not have the authority to make determinations 

6 or override any voting decision with respect to 

7 such matters. 

8 ‘‘(B) SUSPENSION OF VOTING PERIOD.— 

9 The chairperson of the End-User Review Com10 mittee may suspend the 30-day voting period 

11 described in paragraph (2) if the members of 

12 the Committee unanimously agree to postpone 

13 the vote. 

14 ‘‘(C) NOTICE; IMPLEMENTING AUTHOR15 ITY.—The chairperson of the End-User Review 

16 Committee shall notify the Assistant Secretary 

17 of Commerce for Export Administration of all 

18 final decisions of the Committee with respect to 

19 additions to, removals from, or other modifica20 tions with respect to the Entity List under this 

21 subsection so that the Assistant Secretary of 

22 Commerce for Export Administration may im23 plement all such modifications. 

24 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the terms ‘End-User Review Com2 mittee’ and ‘Committee’ mean— 

3 ‘‘(i) the End-User Review Committee 

4 established under section 744.16(d) of title 

5 15, Code of Federal Regulations; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) any successor committee; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the term ‘Entity List’ means the list 

8 maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Se9 curity of the Department of Commerce and set 

10 forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the 

11 Export Administration Regulations, or suc12 cessor regulations.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

19 the House of Representatives; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

21 and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

22 (2) END-USER REVIEW COMMITTEE.—The term 

23 ‘‘End-User Review Committee’’ means— 


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1 (A) the End-User Review Committee es2 tablished under section 744.16(d) of title 15, 

3 Code of Federal Regulations; or 

4 (B) any successor committee. 

5 (3) EXPORT, REEXPORT, AND IN-COUNTRY

6 TRANSFER.—The terms ‘‘export’’, ‘‘reexport’’, and 

7 ‘‘in-country transfer’’ have the meanings given such 

8 terms in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform 

9 Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801). 

10 (4) ENTITY LIST.—The term ‘‘Entity List’’ 

11 means the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry 

12 and Security of the Department of Commerce and 

13 set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the 

14 Export Administration Regulations, or successor 

15 regulations. 

16 (5) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 

17 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

18 means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 

19 chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, 

20 or successor regulations. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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