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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6614 

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing 

transparency. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2023 

Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself 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 relating 

to licensing transparency. 

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 ‘‘Maintaining American 

5 Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. LICENSING TRANSPARENCY. 

8 Section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 

9 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) REPORT.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

3 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

4 and not less frequently than every 90 days there5 after, the Secretary, shall submit to the appropriate 

6 congressional committees a report on license applica7 tions, enforcement actions, and other requests for 

8 authorization for the export, reexport, release, and 

9 in-country transfer of items controlled under this 

10 part to covered entities. 

11 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para12 graph (1) shall include, with respect to the preceding 

13 90-day period, the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) For each license application or other 

15 request for authorization— 

16 ‘‘(i) the name of the entity submitting 

17 the application (both parent company as 

18 well as the subsidiary directly involved), a 

19 brief description of the item (including the 

20 Export Control Classification Number 

21 (ECCN) and level of control, if applicable), 

22 the name of the end-user, the end-user’s 

23 location, a value estimate, decision with re24 spect to the license application or author25 ization, and the date of submission; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the date, location, and result of 

2 site inspections, monitoring, and enforce3 ment actions to ensure compliance with 

4 United States export controls. 

5 ‘‘(B) Aggregate statistics on all license ap6 plications and other requests for authorization 

7 as described in subparagraph (A). 

8 ‘‘(C) For each license denial in which items 

9 in category EAR99 constitute at least 50 per10 cent of the financial value of the license applica11 tion, a list detailing what specific items are 

12 being denied a license. 

13 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

14 ‘‘(A) the term ‘appropriate congressional 

15 committees’ means— 

16 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

17 of the House of Representatives; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Banking, 

19 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) the term ‘covered entity’ means any 

22 entity included on— 

23 ‘‘(i) the list maintained and set forth 

24 in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the 

25 Export Administration Regulations; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the list maintained and set forth 

2 in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the 

3 Export Administration Regulations; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) the list maintained and pub5 lished under section 1260H of the William 

6 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

7 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

8 (10 U.S.C. 113 note).’’. 

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