[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 7151 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7151


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 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.''.

SEC. 3. 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) End-user review committee.--The term ``End-User Review 
        Committee'' means--
                    (A) the End-User Review Committee established under 
                section 744.16(d) of title 15, Code of Federal 
                Regulations; or
                    (B) any successor committee.
            (3) Export, reexport, and in-country transfer.--The terms 
        ``export'', ``reexport'', and ``in-country transfer'' have the 
        meanings given such terms in section 1742 of the Export Control 
        Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
            (4) Entity list.--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.
            (5) Export administration regulations.--The term ``Export 
        Administration Regulations'' means the regulations set forth in 
        subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or successor regulations.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.