YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityState, Defense, and Energy could propose export-control rules directly — with a 30-day board vote and a China review.
Transparency & Accountability
- Interagency rulemaking authority — State, Defense, and Energy may submit export-control proposals
- Decision deadlines — Board must vote on each proposal within 30 days
- Reporting requirements — Report to Congress due 150 days after enactment
The details
The Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy could propose new export-control rules directly to the Export Administration Review Board. The Board would vote within 30 days, and a simple majority would start the rulemaking. A Board member could extend that by another 30 days to get more information, if the member who made the proposal agrees. Language requiring Commerce to act in consultation with other agencies becomes coordination. Within 30 days of enactment, the Secretary of State would review what China's military-civil fusion strategy means for US export controls. The review asks whether any Chinese entity can be treated as purely civilian. It also examines how reliable end-use checks are. And it looks at how China's artificial intelligence, semiconductor, quantum, robotics, and biotechnology sectors connect to its military. Within 90 days the Secretary would consider proposing policy changes, including additions to the Military End-User List. A report to Congress would follow within 150 days.
Congressional Summary
Interagency Coordination in Export Controls Act of 2026This bill authorizes specified departments to propose regulations on U.S. export controls. It also directs the Department of State to evaluate China's military-civil fusion strategy (a national strategy to eliminate barriers between China's civilian commercial sector and its military and defense industrial sectors).Specifically, the bill authorizes the State Department and the Departments of Defense and Energy to propose new rules or amendments to existing rules under the Export Administration Regulations. These departments may submit proposals directly to the Export Administration Review Board (EARB), which reviews applications for export licenses. The EARB must vote to accept or reject the proposal within 30 days of the proposal's submission, but the bill allows a 30-day extension.The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Securities (BIS) must initiate the rulemaking process for each proposal accepted by a simple majority vote of the EARB.BIS must also coordinate (instead of consult) with these departments on activities related to U.S. export controls.The bill also requires the State Department, within 30 days of the bill's enactment, to complete a review of the implications of China's military-civil fusion strategy on U.S. export control policy and national security. The State Department must consider proposing to the EARB (or any successor entity) any change to U.S. export control policy identified pursuant to the review. The EARB must vote on the adoption of each proposal.The State Department must report to Congress on the activities required by the bill.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-24
- Date Added
- 2026-08-05
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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