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HR 8284 Cleared committee

Requires the Commerce Department to handle certain targeted export restrictions the same way it handles regular export licenses, sets a deadline for publishing their rules, and creates a standing set of technical advisory committees to advise on export controls.

Official title: Bureau of Industry and Security License Administration Enhancement Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 15-APR-2026
Referred 15-APR-2026
Approved by committee 22-APR-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Secretary of Commerce to administer export authorizations tied to is-informed letters or similar targeted guidance through the same interagency process used for regular Export Administration Regulations licenses.
  • Requires such a letter or guidance to end 60 days after the related authorization is issued, unless its parameters are published in the Code of Federal Regulations or the communication is published in the Federal Register.
  • Requires the Secretary to publish within 90 days standards and factors for licensing officers applying a presumption of denial, and to send them to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Banking committees 7 days before release.
  • Requires the Secretary to appoint technical advisory committees on topics including computing, biotechnology, automation, aerospace, advanced materials, weapons of mass destruction, emerging technologies, and regulations, with equal membership from national security experts, industry specialists, and academics, meetings at least every 120 days, and annual assessments.
  • Requires a review of a 2025 Commerce interim final rule on due diligence for advanced computing integrated circuits and a report to Congress within 120 days.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 15-APR-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor Michael T. McCaul (R-TX) Cosponsors · 2
■ 1 R■ 1 D
1 Republican
1 Democrat