H.R. 8284

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8284 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8284

To enhance the administration of export control licenses under the 
Export Control Reform Act of 2018, and other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 15, 2026

Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To enhance the administration of export control licenses under the 
Export Control Reform Act of 2018, and 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 ``Bureau of Industry and Security 
License Administration Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OF EXPORT CONTROL LICENSES.

Part I of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et. 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1769. ENHANCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OF EXPORT CONTROL LICENSES.

``(a) Enhancement of Administration of Certain Communications.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer any 
export control license or other authorization considered 
pursuant to an is-informed letter or similar targeted 
regulatory guidance or supplemental license requirement 
communication sent to a United States person or foreign person 
by the same interagency process as any license or other 
authorization administered pursuant to the Export 
Administration Regulations.
``(2) Publication.--Not later than 60 days after issuing a 
license or other authorization described in paragraph (1), the 
is-informed letter or similar targeted regulatory guidance or 
supplemental license requirement communication with respect to 
the license or authorization shall terminate unless the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, publishes in 
the Code of Federal Regulations a regulation that provides for 
the parameters of the letter or guidance or publishes in the 
Federal Register the communication.
``(b) Matters Relating to the Presumption of Denial Standard.--
``(1) Statement of policy.--It is the policy of the United 
States to prevent United States and allied technology from 
being used to facilitate the military modernization and human 
rights abuses of foreign adversaries.
``(2) Standards and factors for presumption of denial 
standard.--
``(A) Publication.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, 
shall publish in the Federal Register the standards and 
factors that licensing officers should consider when 
considering a license under a presumption of denial 
standard.
``(B) Submission to congress.--Not later than 7 
days prior to the date the Secretary publishes or 
otherwise makes available to the public such standards 
and factors, the Secretary shall submit such standards 
and factors to--
``(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and
``(ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate.''.

SEC. 3. EXPORT CONTROL TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

Section 1754 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Technical Advisory Committees.--
``(1) Duties.--The technical advisory committees shall 
advise the Secretary on--
``(A) the state of global technology supply chains 
and the development of advanced technologies by 
adversaries;
``(B) national security threats posed by access by 
adversaries to technologies sourced from the United 
States or an ally of the United States;
``(C) technical parameters for export controls;
``(D) the extent to which existing and proposed 
export controls achieve the policy of the United States 
described in section 1752;
``(E) the identification of emerging and 
foundational technologies pursuant to section 1758;
``(F) improvements to export licensing procedures, 
compliance mechanisms, and export enforcement 
strategies; and
``(G) any other matter requested by the Secretary.
``(2) Required committees.--The Secretary shall appoint a 
technical advisory committee for each of the following topics:
``(A) Computing technologies and information 
systems, including semiconductors, microelectronics, 
artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.
``(B) Biotechnologies.
``(C) Automation, including robotics, advanced 
manufacturing, and autonomous systems.
``(D) Aerospace and space technologies.
``(E) Advanced materials.
``(F) Weapons of mass destruction.
``(G) Emerging and foundational technologies.
``(H) Regulations and procedures.
``(3) Subcommittees.--The Secretary may appoint 
subcommittees for any technical advisory committee.
``(4) Committee review.--Beginning on the date that is 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary may, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, review the 
technical advisory committees and create additional committees 
or adjust the topics of existing committees as necessary.
``(5) Choosing committees.--The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Secretary of Energy, shall adjust the topics of the technical 
advisory committees to reflect relevant executive branch 
strategies and critical technology lists, such as the National 
Security Strategy, the National Defense Strategy, the AI Action 
Plan (or a successor plan), the Critical and Emerging 
Technologies List (or a successor list), and the America First 
Investment Policy Memorandum (or a successor memorandum).
``(6) Membership.--
``(A) In general.--The membership of each technical 
advisory committee shall be equally divided between 
national security experts, technical specialists from a 
relevant industry, and academic experts in a relevant 
field.
``(B) Term.--The term of a member on a technical 
advisory committee shall be 3 years.
``(C) Non-disclosure agreement.--No individual may 
serve as a member of a technical advisory committee 
unless such individual has entered into a binding non-
disclosure agreement with the Secretary that prohibits 
the individual from making an unauthorized disclosure 
of proprietary information, policy deliberations, and 
national security information communicated through or 
related to a technical advisory committee.
``(D) Staffing.--The Secretary shall process 
applications to join any technical advisory committee 
in a timely manner.
``(7) Meetings.--
``(A) Frequency.--Each technical advisory committee 
shall meet not less frequently than once every 120 
days.
``(B) Submission of minutes.--The Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees the 
minutes of each meeting of a technical advisory 
committee within 30 days of each meeting.
``(8) Webpage.--The Bureau of Industry and Security shall 
maintain on the website of the Bureau a webpage describing each 
technical advisory committee, including the membership and 
meeting schedule of each such committee.
``(9) Technology and policy assessment.--Each technical 
advisory committee shall, not less frequently than annually, 
submit to the Secretary, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the appropriate 
congressional committees--
``(A) an assessment of developments within the 
purview of the technical advisory committee; and
``(B) recommendations related to the purview of the 
technical advisory committee for advancing the national 
security and foreign policy interests of the United 
States.
``(10) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Adversary.--The term `adversary' means--
``(i) the People's Republic of China, 
including the Hong Kong and Macau Special 
Administrative Regions;
``(ii) the Republic of Cuba;
``(iii) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
``(iv) the Democratic People's Republic of 
Korea;
``(v) the Russian Federation; and
``(vi) any other foreign country listed in 
Country Group D:5 under Supplement No. 1 to 
part 740 of the Export Administration 
Regulations, as published on January 1, 2026, 
that is designated by the Secretary of State as 
an adversary for purposes of this section and 
for which notice of such designation has been 
published in the Federal Register.
``(B) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 
term `appropriate congressional committees' means the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
``(C) Technical advisory committee.--The term 
`technical advisory committee' means a technical 
advisory committee appointed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(13).''.

SEC. 4. REVIEW AND REPORT REGARDING CONTROLLED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS.

(a) Review.--The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Energy, 
shall regularly review the implementation of the interim final rule of 
the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce 
entitled ``Implementation of Additional Due Diligence Measures for 
Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits; Amendments and Clarifications; 
and Extension of Comment Period'', published in the Federal Register on 
January 16, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 5298; Docket No. 250108-0013), or any 
substantially similar successor rule, and consider any appropriate 
update or change to such rule to ensure that such rule is implemented 
effectively and fulfills the initial policy intent of such rule.
(b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Energy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on--
(1) the findings of the review required under subsection 
(a); and
(2) any change to the rule described in such subsection 
that has been made or is under consideration pursuant to such 
subsection.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
of Commerce acting through the Under Secretary for Industry and 
Security.
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