[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5380

  To provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control 
        violations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 7, 2026

Mr. Husted (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control 
        violations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TEN-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR EXPORT CONTROL 
              VIOLATIONS.

    Section 1760 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4819) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Statute of Limitations.--
            ``(1) Time for commencing proceedings.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An action, suit, or proceeding 
                for the enforcement of any civil fine, penalty, or 
                forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, under this section 
                shall not be entertained if commenced later than 10 
                years after the date of the violation upon which the 
                civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture is based.
                    ``(B) Commencement.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the commencement of an action, suit, or 
                proceeding includes the issuance of a charging letter.
            ``(2) Time for indictment.--No person shall be prosecuted, 
        tried, or punished for any offense under subsection (a) unless 
        the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 
        10 years after the latest date of the violation upon which the 
        indictment or information is based.''.
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