BIS Licensing Efficiency Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8289 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8289 To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to ensure expeditious processing of license applications, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2026 Mr. Meeks (for himself and Mr. Issa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to ensure expeditious processing of license applications, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``BIS Licensing Efficiency Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Section 1756(a)(2) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815(a)(2)) requires the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that ``licensing decisions are made in an expeditious manner, with transparency to applicants on the status of license and other authorization processing and the reason for denying any license or request for authorization''. (2) Section 1756(b) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815(b)) expresses the sense of Congress that ``the Secretary should make best efforts to ensure that an accurate, consistent, and timely evaluation and processing of licenses or other requests for authorization to export, reexport, or in-country transfer items controlled under this subchapter is generally accomplished within 30 days from the date of such license request''. (3) Executive Order 12981 (61 Fed. Reg. 54079; relating to administration of export controls), which was codified in Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), stipulates that ``all