To authorize the President to control the export, reexport, and transfer of commodities, software, and technology to protect the national security, and to promote the foreign policy, of the United States, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5040| House
| Updated: 4/17/2018
Edward R. Royce
Republican Representative
California
Cosponsors (4)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Export Control Reform Act of 2018 Export Controls Act of 2018 This bill grants the President authority to control: (1) the export, reexport, and transfer of items (commodities, software, or technology), whether by U.S. persons (including corporations) or by foreign persons, wherever located to protect national security; and (2) the activities of U.S. persons, wherever located, relating to specific nuclear explosive devices, missiles, chemical or biological weapons, whole plants for chemical weapons precursors, foreign maritime nuclear projects, and foreign intelligence services. A license shall be required for the export, reexport, or transfer of items to a country if the Department of State has made specified determinations with respect to support for international terrorism. The President shall establish and lead a regular ongoing interagency process to identify emerging critical technologies not identified in any list of items controlled for export. Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 The President shall issue regulations prohibiting specified actions with respect to foreign boycotts against a country that is friendly to the United States and may impose civil penalties for violations of boycott prohibitions.. The President shall impose specified sanctions: (1) upon determining that a U.S. person knowingly exports, reexports, or transfers of any item on the Guidelines and Equipment and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); and (2) on a foreign person who engages in specified activity involving MTCR equipment or technology transfers, where such person has knowingly and materially contributed through the export from the United States of any item subject to U.S. jurisdiction involving the efforts by a foreign country, project, or entity to acquire chemical or biological weapons.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvanced technology and technological innovationsArms control and nonproliferationChemical and biological weaponsCivil actions and liabilityCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightEmployment discrimination and employee rightsFraud offenses and financial crimesLicensing and registrationsManufacturingMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategyMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentNuclear weaponsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic contracts and procurementRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSanctionsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTechnology transfer and commercializationTerrorismTrade restrictions
To authorize the President to control the export, reexport, and transfer of commodities, software, and technology to protect the national security, and to promote the foreign policy, of the United States, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5040| House
| Updated: 4/17/2018
Export Control Reform Act of 2018 Export Controls Act of 2018 This bill grants the President authority to control: (1) the export, reexport, and transfer of items (commodities, software, or technology), whether by U.S. persons (including corporations) or by foreign persons, wherever located to protect national security; and (2) the activities of U.S. persons, wherever located, relating to specific nuclear explosive devices, missiles, chemical or biological weapons, whole plants for chemical weapons precursors, foreign maritime nuclear projects, and foreign intelligence services. A license shall be required for the export, reexport, or transfer of items to a country if the Department of State has made specified determinations with respect to support for international terrorism. The President shall establish and lead a regular ongoing interagency process to identify emerging critical technologies not identified in any list of items controlled for export. Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 The President shall issue regulations prohibiting specified actions with respect to foreign boycotts against a country that is friendly to the United States and may impose civil penalties for violations of boycott prohibitions.. The President shall impose specified sanctions: (1) upon determining that a U.S. person knowingly exports, reexports, or transfers of any item on the Guidelines and Equipment and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); and (2) on a foreign person who engages in specified activity involving MTCR equipment or technology transfers, where such person has knowingly and materially contributed through the export from the United States of any item subject to U.S. jurisdiction involving the efforts by a foreign country, project, or entity to acquire chemical or biological weapons.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
Edward R. Royce
Republican Representative
California
Cosponsors (4)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvanced technology and technological innovationsArms control and nonproliferationChemical and biological weaponsCivil actions and liabilityCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightEmployment discrimination and employee rightsFraud offenses and financial crimesLicensing and registrationsManufacturingMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategyMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentNuclear weaponsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic contracts and procurementRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSanctionsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTechnology transfer and commercializationTerrorismTrade restrictions