118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6614 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maintaining American 

3 Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. LICENSING TRANSPARENCY. 

6 Section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 

7 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815) is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) REPORT.— 

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

11 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

12 and not less frequently than every 90 days there13 after, the Secretary, shall submit to the appropriate 

14 congressional committees a report on license applica15 tions, enforcement actions, and other requests for 

16 authorization for the export, reexport, release, and 

17 in-country transfer of items controlled under this 

18 part to covered entities. 

19 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para20 graph (1) shall include, with respect to the 90 days 

21 preceding the previous 90-day period, the following: 

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

23 request for authorization, the name of the enti24 ty submitting the application (both parent com25 pany as well as the subsidiary directly involved), 

26 a brief description of the item (including the 
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1 Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 

2 and level of control, if applicable), the name of 

3 the end-user, the end-user’s location, a value es4 timate, decision with respect to the license ap5 plication or authorization, and the date of sub6 mission. 

7 ‘‘(B) The date, location, and result of site 

8 inspections, monitoring, and enforcement ac9 tions to ensure compliance with United States 

10 export controls. 

11 ‘‘(C) Aggregate statistics on all license ap12 plications and other requests for authorization 

13 as described in subparagraph (A). 

14 ‘‘(D) For each license denial in which 

15 items in category EAR99 constitute at least 50 

16 percent of the financial value of the license ap17 plication, a list detailing what specific items are 

18 being denied a license. 

19 ‘‘(3) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.— 

20 The information required to be provided in the re21 ports required by this subsection (other than the in22 formation required by paragraph (2)(C)) shall be ex23 empt from public disclosure pursuant to section 

24 1761(h)(1). 

25 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the term ‘appropriate congressional 

2 committees’ means— 

3 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

4 of the House of Representatives; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Banking, 

6 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

7 and 

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

9 entity included on— 

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

11 in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the 

12 Export Administration Regulations; or 

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

14 in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the 

15 Export Administration Regulations.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6614 

AN ACT 

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 

relating to licensing transparency.