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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5853" measure-id="id119hr5853" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-10-28" update-date="2026-07-16">
        <title>To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr5853v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2026-07-16">
            <action-date>2025-10-28</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill increases civil penalties for&nbsp;violations of U.S. export control laws.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bill increases the maximum statutory civil penalty for each violation of any regulation, order, or license issued under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) to $1.2 million or four times the value of the transaction, whichever is greater. (Currently, the maximum statutory civil penalty for each violation of ECRA is&nbsp;$300,000 or twice the value of the transaction, whichever is greater. The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security adjusts this maximum amount annually for inflation.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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