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.
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
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Export-license holders that would otherwise pay or have already paid such fees
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
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. 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.
Export-license holders subject to the prohibited fees
Commerce Department officials administering refunds and ending fee collection
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
Learn more about our methodology