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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1316 
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing 
transparency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Ms. JACOBS, and Mr. LAWLER) intro-
duced 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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: 
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‘‘(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 appro-
priations, submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on license applications, enforce-
ment actions, and other requests for authorization 
for the export, reexport, release, and in-country 
transfer of items controlled under this part to cov-
ered entities. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include, with respect to the one year 
preceding the previous one-year period, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) For each license application or other 
request for authorization, the name of the enti-
ty submitting the application, a brief descrip-
tion 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, deci-
sion with respect to the license application or 
authorization, and the date of submission. 
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‘‘(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 ap-
plications and other requests for authorization 
as described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
INFORMATION.— 
The information required to be provided in the re-
ports required by this subsection (other than the in-
formation required by paragraph (2)(C)) shall be ex-
empt 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 coun-
try listed in Country Group D:5 under 
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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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