H.R. 1316 — Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act

This section establishes the short title of the Act as the “Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act.”

This section establishes an annual reporting requirement, beginning not later than 1 year after enactment and continuing at least annually thereafter, for the Secretary of Commerce to submit to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs a report on end-use checks and on license applications and other requests for authorization for the export, reexport, release, and in-country transfer of items controlled under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to covered entities. As background, export controls regulate the transfer of sensitive U.S. goods, software, and technology to foreign destinations and users. The report must include, for each application or request, the submitting entity’s name, a brief item description including the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) and reason for control, the end-user’s name and location, a value estimate, the decision, and the submission date, as well as the date, location, and result of any end-use checks and aggregate statistics on all such applications and requests. The section exempts the non-aggregate information from public disclosure under 50 U.S.C. § 1761(h)(1) and prohibits inclusion of information that could jeopardize an ongoing investigation. It defines covered entities as entities located in a country listed in Country Group D:5 and included on specified Bureau of Industry and Security restricted-party lists.