S. 4840

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4840 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4840

To expedite consideration of proposals for additions to, removals from, 
or other modifications with respect to entities on the Entity List.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 18, 2026

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs

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A BILL

To expedite consideration of proposals for additions to, removals from, 
or other modifications with respect to entities on the Entity List.

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 
(4).
``(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 chairperson 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 chairperson 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 to an entity described in such clause 
if the members of the End-User Review Committee 
agree by majority vote 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 unrelated to the End-User 
Review Committee.
``(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) End-user review committee; committee.--The 
terms `End-User Review Committee' and `Committee' 
mean--
``(i) the End-User Review Committee 
established under section 744.16(d) of the 
Export Administration Regulations; or
``(ii) any successor committee.
``(B) Entity list.--The term `Entity List' means 
the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and 
Security of the Department of Commerce pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2) and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 
part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (or 
successor regulations).''.
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