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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7151 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Mrs. WAGNER (for herself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Control En5 forcement and Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR 

2 ADDITIONS TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER 

3 MODIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES 

4 ON THE ENTITY LIST. 

5 Section 1754 of the Export Control Reform Act of 

6 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(g) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS

9 FOR ADDITIONS TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER MODI10 FICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES ON THE ENTITY

11 LIST.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, the 

13 Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, or 

14 the heads of other Federal agencies as appropriate 

15 may submit to the Secretary proposals for additions 

16 to, removals from, or other modifications with re17 spect to entities on the list required by subsection 

18 (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION BY COMMITTEE.—The 

20 Secretary shall submit to the Committee each pro21 posal submitted under paragraph (1) and, subject to 

22 paragraph (3), the Committee shall vote to approve 

23 or disapprove the proposal by not later than the date 

24 that is 30 days after the date on which the Com25 mittee receives the proposal from the Secretary. 


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

2 the Committee, with the concurrence of the head of 

3 the Federal agency that submitted the proposal 

4 under paragraph (1), may suspend the time period 

5 specified in paragraph (2) with respect to consider6 ation of the proposal if the Chair and the head of 

7 the agency determine that additional information is 

8 required in order make a determination with respect 

9 to the proposal. 

10 ‘‘(4) COMMITTEE DEFINED.—In this sub11 section, the term ‘Committee’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) the End-User Review Committee es13 tablished under section 744.16(d) of title 15, 

14 Code of Federal Regulations; or 

15 ‘‘(B) any successor committee.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. LICENSING AND PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL RE17 QUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE ENTITY 

18 LIST. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 

20 shall— 

21 (1) require a license for the export, reexport, 

22 release, or in-country transfer of any item (including 

23 software and technology) included on the Commerce 

24 Control List that is controlled for national security 

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1 cluding an arms embargo, imposed by the United 

2 States or to any foreign person included on the En3 tity List; and 

4 (2) except as provided by subsection (b), apply 

5 a presumption of denial for an export, reexport, re6 lease, or in-country transfer of an item described in 

7 paragraph (1). 

8 (b) EXCEPTION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is not re10 quired to apply a presumption of denial under sub11 section (a)(2) for an export, reexport, release, or in12 country transfer of an item described in subsection 

13 (a)(1) if the Secretary, in concurrence with all the 

14 members of the Committee determines that the re15 cipient of the item has, by clear and convincing evi16 dence, demonstrated in detail that the item will not 

17 be diverted or otherwise used for any purpose out18 side its intended end-use and end-user. 

19 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Sec20 retary shall submit the appropriate congressional 

21 committees a notification not later than 15 days 

22 after— 

23 (A) the Secretary makes a determination 

24 under paragraph (1) not to apply a presump25 tion of denial; or 


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1 (B) removing the national security as the 

2 reason for a control on any item on the Com3 merce Control List. 

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

9 the House of Representatives; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

11 and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

12 (2) COMMERCE CONTROL LIST.—The term 

13 ‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means list maintained by 

14 the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Depart15 ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 

16 1 to Part 774 of the Export Administration Regula17 tions. 

18 (3) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ 

19 means— 

20 (A) the End-User Review Committee es21 tablished under section 744.16(d) of title 15, 

22 Code of Federal Regulations; or 

23 (B) any successor committee. 

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

25 means the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry 


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1 and Security of the Department of Commerce and 

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

3 Export Administration Regulations, or successor 

4 regulations. 

5 (5) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 

6 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

7 means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 

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

9 or successor regulations. 

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