- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 18, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5858. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. 12__. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONS
TO, REMOVALS FROM, OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO ENTITIES ON THE ENTITY LIST.
Section 1754 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50
U.S.C. 4813) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Expedited Consideration of Proposals for Additions
to, Removals From, or Other Modifications With Respect to
Entities on the Entity List.—
“(1) In general.—Any member of the End-User Review
Committee may submit a proposal directly to the Committee
requesting a vote of all members of the Committee for
additions to, removals from, or other modifications with
respect to the Entity List. A proposal to add an entity to
the Entity List shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (4).
“(2) Consideration.—Subject to paragraph (4)(B), the End-
User Review Committee shall vote to approve or disapprove a
proposal submitted under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days
after the date on which the proposal is submitted to the
Committee.
“(3) Additional information.—The chairperson of the End-
User Review Committee, with the concurrence of the member of
the Committee that submitted a proposal under paragraph (1),
may suspend for an additional 15 days the time period
specified in paragraph (2) with respect to consideration of
the proposal if the chairperson and the member determine that
additional information is required in order to make a
determination with respect to the proposal, including the
impact and effect of the proposal.
“(4) Additions to the entity list.—
“(A) In general.—An entity may be added to the Entity
List if the End-User Review Committee by majority vote of its
members has determined that the entity has engaged, is
engaged, or is at risk of engaging in activities contrary to
the national security or foreign policy interests of the
United States.
“(B) Licensing policy.—
“(i) In general.—Subject to clause (ii), there shall be
in effect a policy of presumption of denial for all
applications for a license to export, reexport, or in-country
transfer any item subject to the Export Administration
Regulations if an entity added to the Entity List under this
subsection is or would be a party to a transaction with
respect to which the application applies.
“(ii) Exception.—The licensing policy required by clause
(i) shall not apply with respect to an entity described in
such clause if the members of the End-User Review Committee
agree by majority vote to apply a different policy with
respect to the entity for all or specific types of items
subject to the Export Administration Regulations that would
be in the national security and foreign policy interests of
the United States.
“(C) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this paragraph may
be construed to limit or otherwise affect the escalation
procedures unrelated to the End-User Review Committee.
“(5) Administrative provisions.—
“(A) In general.—Each member of the End-User Review
Committee shall have 1 vote with respect to matters described
in this subsection. The chairperson of the Committee shall
not have the authority to make determinations or override any
voting decision with respect to such matters.
“(B) Suspension of voting period.—The chairperson of the
End-User Review Committee may suspend the 30-day voting
period described in paragraph (2) if the members of the
Committee unanimously agree to postpone the vote.
“(C) Notice; implementing authority.—The chairperson of
the End-User Review Committee shall notify the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration of all final
decisions of the Committee with respect to additions to,
removals from, or other modifications with respect to the
Entity List under this subsection so that the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration may implement
all such modifications.
“(6) Definitions.—In this subsection:
“(A) End-user review committee; committee.—The terms
`End-User Review Committee' and `Committee' mean—
“(i) the End-User Review Committee established under
section 744.16(d) of the Export Administration Regulations;
or
“(ii) any successor committee.
“(B) Entity list.—The term `Entity List' means the list
maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the
Department of Commerce pursuant to subsection (a)(2) and set
forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export
Administration Regulations (or successor regulations).”.