HR5955-119

Introduced

To prohibit the collection and obligation of any fee collected in connection with an export license and require the return of such fee to the holder of the license, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Nov 7, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

Prohibits the federal government from collecting or keeping export-license fees or revenue-sharing payments and requires previously collected amounts to be returned to license holders.

Who Benefits and How

Export-license holders could avoid new charges and receive refunds of previously collected amounts.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The Commerce Department and the federal government would lose fee-related revenue and would need to process refunds.

Key Provisions

  • States congressional findings that export fees are inconsistent with constitutional and statutory constraints.
  • Bars collection of export-license-related revenue-sharing fees or similar charges.
  • Requires previously collected amounts to be returned to license holders within 30 days.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Prohibits the federal government from collecting or keeping export-license fees or revenue-sharing payments and requires previously collected amounts to be returned to license holders.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Technology, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

Prohibits the federal government from collecting or keeping export-license fees or revenue-sharing payments and requires previously collected amounts to be returned to license holders.

Policy Domains

Trade Technology Government Operations

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Export-license holders that would otherwise pay or have already paid such fees
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Commerce Department officials administering refunds and foregoing fee collections
  • Federal revenue tied to export-license charges
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 7, 2025

Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Technology
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Export-license holders subject to the prohibited fees

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Commerce Department officials administering refunds and ending fee collection

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade Technology Government Operations

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