HR 8169
Cleared committee
Requires the End-User Review Committee to vote within 30 days on proposals to add, remove, or otherwise change companies on the Commerce Department's Entity List, and lets any committee member bring such a proposal directly to a vote.
Official title: Export Control Enforcement and Enhancement Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
30-MAR-2026
Referred
30-MAR-2026
Approved by committee
22-APR-2026
- Lets any member of the End-User Review Committee submit a proposal directly for a committee vote on Entity List changes.
- Requires the committee to vote within 30 days, with one possible 15-day extension if the chair and the submitting member agree more information is needed.
- Sets a presumption of denial for export license applications involving a newly listed entity, unless a majority of the voting members adopt a different policy.
- Gives each committee member one vote and bars the chair from overriding voting decisions; the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration implements final decisions.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 30-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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