H.R. 8169

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8169 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8169

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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 30, 2026

Mrs. Wagner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Export Control Enforcement and 
Enhancement Act''.

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 Modifications With Respect to Entities on the 
Entity List.--
``(1) In general.--Any member of the End-User Review 
Committee may submit a proposal directly to the Committee 
requesting a vote of all members of the Committee for additions 
to, removals from, or other modifications with respect to the 
Entity List. A proposal to add an entity to the Entity List 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 
(3).
``(2) Consideration.--Subject to paragraph (4)(B), the End-
User Review Committee shall vote to approve or disapprove a 
proposal submitted under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the proposal is submitted to the 
Committee.
``(3) Additional information.--The Chair of the End-User 
Review Committee, with the concurrence of the member of the 
Committee that submitted a proposal under paragraph (1), may 
suspend for an additional 15 days the time period specified in 
paragraph (2) with respect to consideration of the proposal if 
the Chair and the member determine that additional information 
is required in order to make a determination with respect to 
the proposal, including the impact and effect of the proposal.
``(4) Additions to the entity list.--
``(A) In general.--An entity may be added to the 
Entity List if the End-User Review Committee by 
majority vote of its members has determined that the 
entity has engaged, is engaged, or is at risk of 
engaging in activities contrary to the national 
security or foreign policy interests of the United 
States.
``(B) Licensing policy.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
there shall be in effect a policy of 
presumption of denial for all applications for 
a license to export, reexport, or in-country 
transfer any item subject to the Export 
Administration Regulations if an entity added 
to the Entity List under this subsection is or 
would be a party to a transaction with respect 
to which the application applies.
``(ii) Exception.--The licensing policy 
required by clause (i) shall not apply with 
respect an entity described in such clause if 
the members of the End-User Review Committee 
that voted to add the entity to the Entity List 
under this subsection agree by majority vote of 
such members to apply a different policy with 
respect to the entity for all or specific types 
of items subject to the Export Administration 
Regulations that would be in the national 
security and foreign policy interests of the 
United States.
``(C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
paragraph may be construed to limit or otherwise affect 
the escalation procedures described in part 750 of the 
Export Administration Regulations.
``(5) Administrative provisions.--
``(A) In general.--Each member of the End-User 
Review Committee shall have 1 vote with respect to 
matters described in this subsection. The chairperson 
of the Committee shall not have the authority to make 
determinations or override any voting decision with 
respect to such matters.
``(B) Suspension of voting period.--The chairperson 
of the End-User Review Committee may suspend the 30-day 
voting period described in paragraph (2) if the members 
of the Committee unanimously agree to postpone the 
vote.
``(C) Notice; implementing authority.--The 
chairperson of the End-User Review Committee shall 
notify the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration of all final decisions of the Committee 
with respect to additions to, removals from, or other 
modifications with respect to the Entity List under 
this subsection so that the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration may implement all 
such modifications.
``(6) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) the terms `End-User Review Committee' and 
`Committee' mean--
``(i) the End-User Review Committee 
established under section 744.16(d) of title 
15, Code of Federal Regulations; and
``(ii) any successor committee; and
``(B) the term `Entity List' means the list 
maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of 
the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 
No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration 
Regulations, or successor regulations.''.
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