Protect American Gun Exporters Act

Bill: 118-hr-6504
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-11-29
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6504 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 29, 2023 Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Posey , Mr. Graves of Missouri , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Harris , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Alford , and Mr. Dunn of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit actions to carry out the Department of Commerce’s pause in the issuance of new export licenses for certain exports under the Commerce Control List.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect American Gun Exporters Act . 2. Prohibition on actions to carry out the Department of Commerce’s pause in the issuance of new export licenses for certain exports under the Commerce Control List (a) In general Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce— (1) may not take any action to carry out the Department of Commerce’s assessment or any policy changes resulting from the assessment announced on October 27, 2023, relating to the Department’s pause in the issuance of new export licenses for exports of all items controlled under Export Control Classification Numbers 0A501, 0A502, 0A504, and 0A505 of the Commerce Control List; and (2) may not take any substantially similar action to pause or otherwise suspend or prohibit the issuance of new export licenses for exports of any or all items described in paragraph (1). (b) Exception The Secretary of Commerce may take an action described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) only if— (1) the action is subject to and meets the requirements of— (A) section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) chapter 8 of title 5, commonly known as the Congressional Review Act ); and (2) before taking the action, the Secretary conducts a regulatory impact analysis of the action.