This part adds a new rule to a law about selling goods abroad. The rule says a report must go to Congress each year. The report covers requests to sell certain goods to certain firms. It also covers checks on where the goods ended up. Most of the report is kept from the public.
The document says “shall”Who acts: SecretaryHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary, shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on end-use checks”
Paragraph (1) of the new subsection (e) that this section adds at the end of section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815). The first report is due one year after enactment of the subsection, and further reports at least annually after that. The duty is subject to the availability of appropriations. Beyond the words quoted, the paragraph carries the rest of the subject matter: license applications and other requests for authorization for the export, reexport, release, and in-country transfer of items controlled under this part to covered entities.
What the document actually says
“Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary, shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on end-use checks”
That sentence, in plain words
A report must go to Congress. The first one is due one year after this rule starts. After that, one must come each year.
What this is about
The report is about checks on where goods went. It is also about firms asking to send goods out. The report is owed only if Congress gives money for it.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: SecretaryHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“For each license application or other request for authorization, the name of the entity submitting the application, a brief description of the item (including the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) and reason for control, if applicable)”
Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), which sets what the report must include with respect to the preceding one year period. Beyond the words quoted, the same subparagraph requires the name of the end-user, the end-user's location, a value estimate, the decision with respect to the license application or authorization, and the date of submission.
What the document actually says
“For each license application or other request for authorization, the name of the entity submitting the application, a brief description of the item (including the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) and reason for control, if applicable)”
That sentence, in plain words
For each request, the report must name the firm that asked. It must say what the item is.
What this is about
It must give the code number for the item and why it is watched. It must name the buyer and say where the buyer is. It must give a price guess, the answer given, and the date.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: SecretaryHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The date, location, and result of any end-use checks, to ensure compliance with United States export controls.”
Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2). The report must carry the date, the location and the result of any end-use checks, which the subparagraph describes as being to ensure compliance with United States export controls. This Act does not define an end-use check.
What the document actually says
“The date, location, and result of any end-use checks, to ensure compliance with United States export controls.”
That sentence, in plain words
The report must give the date and place of any check. It must say what the check found.
What this is about
A check looks at where the goods ended up. The point is to see that the rules were kept.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: SecretaryHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Aggregate statistics on all license applications and other requests for authorization as described in subparagraph (A).”
Subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2). It requires totals across all license applications and other requests for authorization of the kind described in subparagraph (A). Paragraph (3) holds this subparagraph out of the exemption from public disclosure that covers the rest of the report.
What the document actually says
“Aggregate statistics on all license applications and other requests for authorization as described in subparagraph (A).”
That sentence, in plain words
The report must give totals for all the requests.
What this is about
Totals are counts, not names. This part of the report is not held back.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The information required to be provided in the reports required by this subsection (other than the information required by paragraph (2)(C)) shall be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 1761(h)(1).”
Paragraph (3) of the new subsection. Everything the subsection requires in the report is exempt from public disclosure under section 1761(h)(1) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, apart from the aggregate statistics required by paragraph (2)(C). What section 1761(h)(1) provides is set by the amended statute, which is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“The information required to be provided in the reports required by this subsection (other than the information required by paragraph (2)(C)) shall be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 1761(h)(1).”
That sentence, in plain words
Most of what the report holds is kept from the public. The totals are not.
What this is about
The law points to another rule for how this works. That other rule is not on this site.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: SecretaryHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“In preparing and submitting a report under subsection (e), the Secretary shall ensure that information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation shall not be included in the contents of the report.”
Paragraph (4) of the new subsection. In preparing and submitting the report, the Secretary must ensure that information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation is kept out of it. The paragraph does not say who makes that judgment and does not describe the investigations it covers.
What the document actually says
“In preparing and submitting a report under subsection (e), the Secretary shall ensure that information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation shall not be included in the contents of the report.”
That sentence, in plain words
Facts that could harm a case still being worked on must be kept out of the report.
What this is about
Some cases are still open. Naming them in the report could get in the way.
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The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“the term `appropriate congressional committees' means-- "(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and "(ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate”
Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5). For the new subsection, the appropriate congressional committees that receive the report are the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The definition reaches only this subsection.
What the document actually says
“the term `appropriate congressional committees' means-- "(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and "(ii) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate”
That sentence, in plain words
The report goes to two groups in Congress. One is in the House. One is in the Senate.
What this is about
The House group works on ties with other countries. The Senate group works on banks and housing.
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The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“the term `covered entity' means any entity that-- "(i) is located in a country listed in Country Group D:5 under Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; and "(ii) is included on-- "(I) the list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations; or "(II) the list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations.”
Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5). Both tests must be met: the entity is located in a country listed in Country Group D:5 under Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, and it appears on the list in Supplement No. 4 or the list in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations. This Act does not say which countries or entities those lists carry, and the regulations are not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“the term `covered entity' means any entity that-- "(i) is located in a country listed in Country Group D:5 under Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; and "(ii) is included on-- "(I) the list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations; or "(II) the list maintained and set forth in Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations.”
That sentence, in plain words
A covered firm must meet two tests. It must be in a country on one list. It must also be on one of two other lists.
What this is about
The lists are kept in the rules for sending goods out. Those rules are not on this site.
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Each distinct thing the new subsection requires: the annual report and its deadline, the three kinds of element the report must carry, the exemption from public disclosure, the bar on including information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation, and the two definitions.
Purely mechanical amendments. The instruction that the older statute is amended by adding the new subsection at the end is recorded in the summaries rather than as a proposal of its own, because it carries no requirement by itself.
The section works by amending section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4815), and that statute is not indexed here. So the site does not record what section 1756 already provided, what an end-use check is, what section 1761(h)(1) provides, or what part the phrase "controlled under this part" refers to. A reader following a citation into that Act will find the older wording until this one is applied. The regulations the definitions point to, Supplement No. 1 to part 740 and Supplements No. 4 and No. 7 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, are also not indexed here, so the site does not record which countries or entities they list. The inserted text uses the term Secretary without defining it.
