Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act amends the Export Control Reform Act to require annual Commerce Department reporting on export-license decisions and end-use checks for controlled items sent to covered entities in Country Group D:5 countries, including adversarial destinations such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The reports must identify applicants, items, Export Control Classification Numbers, end users, locations, values, decisions, end-use check results, and aggregate licensing statistics.
Who Benefits and How
The House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Banking Committee benefit by receiving a recurring, detailed record of how Commerce handles export requests involving Entity List and Military End User List parties in high-risk countries. National-security oversight staff benefit because the report connects license applications, authorization decisions, enforcement activity, and end-use checks in one package.
Congressional oversight staff and national security program analysts also benefit because the report ties licensing decisions to end-use check outcomes and covered-entity status.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Industry and Security bears the main burden because it must compile annual reports, protect confidential business information, and exclude details that would jeopardize ongoing investigations. Exporters seeking authorization for covered entities in Country Group D:5 countries may face increased congressional scrutiny because their applications, items, values, and end users become part of a classified or restricted oversight record.
The Department of Commerce and Bureau of Industry and Security must collect and protect the report data. U.S. manufacturers and defense contractors exporting controlled items to Country Group D:5 countries face more visible oversight of applications involving covered entities.
Key Provisions
- Requires annual reports on license applications and authorizations for exports, reexports, releases, and in-country transfers to covered entities.
- Requires reports to include applicant names, item descriptions, ECCNs, reasons for control, end-user names, locations, value estimates, submission dates, and licensing decisions.
- Directs Commerce to report end-use check dates, locations, and results.
- Protects ongoing investigations and confidential business information from public release.
- Defines covered entities by reference to Country Group D:5, Entity List, and Military End User List status.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires annual Commerce Department reports to congressional committees on export-license applications, end-use checks, enforcement activities, and authorizations for controlled items involving covered entities in Country Group D:5 countries.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, National Security, Export Controls
Primary Purpose
Requires annual Commerce Department reports to congressional committees on export-license applications, end-use checks, enforcement activities, and authorizations for controlled items involving covered entities in Country Group D:5 countries.
Policy Domains
Export-control transparency reporting
Identified Gains
- House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Senate Banking Committee
- Congressional oversight staff
- National security program analysts
Identified Costs
- Department of Commerce
- Bureau of Industry and Security
- U.S. manufacturers exporting controlled items
- Defense contractors exporting controlled items
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-34.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by …
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous …
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4573)
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Enrolled Bill (inferred from enr version)
Passed Senate (inferred from enr version)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congress, Department of Commerce, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Positive-direction: Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Banking Committee
Negative-direction: Department of Commerce
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Commerce
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An entity in a Country Group D:5 country that is also subject to Entity List or Military End User List treatment under export-control rules.
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