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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. 
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 ‘‘Export Control En-
forcement and Enhancement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR 
ADDITIONS TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER 
MODIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES 
ON THE ENTITY LIST. 
Section 1754 of the Export Control Reform Act of 
2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(g) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION
OF PROPOSALS 
FOR ADDITIONS TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER MODI-
FICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES ON THE ENTITY 
LIST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, or 
the heads of other Federal agencies as appropriate 
may submit to the Secretary proposals for additions 
to, removals from, or other modifications with re-
spect to entities on the list required by subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION
BY
COMMITTEE.—The 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee each pro-
posal submitted under paragraph (1) and, subject to 
paragraph (3), the Committee shall vote to approve 
or disapprove the proposal by not later than the date 
that is 30 days after the date on which the Com-
mittee receives the proposal from the Secretary. 
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‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Chair of 
the Committee, with the concurrence of the head of 
the Federal agency that submitted the proposal 
under paragraph (1), may suspend the time period 
specified in paragraph (2) with respect to consider-
ation of the proposal if the Chair and the head of 
the agency determine that additional information is 
required in order make a determination with respect 
to the proposal. 
‘‘(4) COMMITTEE
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘Committee’ means— 
‘‘(A) the End-User Review Committee es-
tablished under section 744.16(d) of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations; or 
‘‘(B) any successor committee.’’. 
SEC. 3. LICENSING AND PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL RE-
QUIREMENTS 
RELATING 
TO 
THE 
ENTITY 
LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall— 
(1) require a license for the export, reexport, 
release, or in-country transfer of any item (including 
software and technology) included on the Commerce 
Control List that is controlled for national security 
reasons to or in a country subject to an embargo, in-
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cluding an arms embargo, imposed by the United 
States or to any foreign person included on the En-
tity List; and 
(2) except as provided by subsection (b), apply 
a presumption of denial for an export, reexport, re-
lease, or in-country transfer of an item described in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary is not re-
quired to apply a presumption of denial under sub-
section (a)(2) for an export, reexport, release, or in- 
country transfer of an item described in subsection 
(a)(1) if the Secretary, in concurrence with all the 
members of the Committee determines that the re-
cipient of the item has, by clear and convincing evi-
dence, demonstrated in detail that the item will not 
be diverted or otherwise used for any purpose out-
side its intended end-use and end-user. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall submit the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification not later than 15 days 
after— 
(A) the Secretary makes a determination 
under paragraph (1) not to apply a presump-
tion of denial; or 
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(B) removing the national security as the 
reason for a control on any item on the Com-
merce Control List. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) COMMERCE
CONTROL
LIST.—The term 
‘‘Commerce Control List’’ means list maintained by 
the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 
1 to Part 774 of the Export Administration Regula-
tions. 
(3) 
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘‘Committee’’ 
means— 
(A) the End-User Review Committee es-
tablished under section 744.16(d) of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations; or 
(B) any successor committee. 
(4) ENTITY
LIST.—The term ‘‘Entity List’’ 
means the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry 
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