119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 13, 2025
Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
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Latest action (Aug 19, 2025): Became Public Law No: 119-34.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Public Law (Aug 19, 2025) · 2 versions published
Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
This act requires the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to annually report to Congress on export control licensing.
Under current law, BIS administers and enforces controls on the export of dual-use goods (e.g., items with both civilian and military uses) and certain military parts and components. These export controls are implemented primarily under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Under this act, BIS must annually report to Congress on license applications, other requests for authorization, and end-use checks (on-site verifications conducted by BIS) for the export, reexport, release, and in-country transfer of items subject to the EAR to covered entities. A covered entity is any entity that (1) is located in a country listed in Country Group D:5 (countries that are identified by the Department of State as subject to U.S. arms embargoes), and (2) is included on the Entity List or the Military End-User List (two of the lists published by BIS containing information on the individuals, organizations, and addresses subject to restrictions involving items subject to the EAR).
The act requires this report to include specified information, such as the name of the entity submitting the application, where the item is being exported, the decision with respect to the license application or authorization, and information on any end-use checks to ensure compliance with U.S. export controls. The information shall be exempt from public disclosure (except for aggregate statistics). Additionally, BIS must exclude from the report any information that could jeopardize an ongoing investigation.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Became Public Law No: 119-34.
Became Public Law No: 119-34.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4573)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1834-1835)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1834-1835)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1316.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1834-1836)
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Loading lobbying reportsMr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 23, 2026.
12 citations.
MEDIATEK USA INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: MEDIATEK USA INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$136,980
Spent on own lobbying
General issues related to export controls, including H.R. 1316/S. 744, the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, and issues related to tariffs and foreign direct investment in the U…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MEDIATEK USA INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: MEDIATEK USA INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$136,980
Spent on own lobbying
General issues related to export controls, including H.R. 1316/S. 744, the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, and issues related to tariffs and foreign direct investment in the U…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FDD ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: FDD ACTION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Banking
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 1316, Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, all provisions. H.R. 1920, FARMLAND Act of 2025, all provisions. H.R. 2548, San…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ccountability Act; Urging the Administration to resume, and appropriate future, U.S. foreign assistance for government accountability or transparency programs; H.R.1316, Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act; Support for anticorruption language in H.R.5300, Department of State Policy Pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Defense
$420,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act (H.R. 2246, S. 1053). Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (H.R. 1316, S. 744); policy matters related to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MEDIATEK USA INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: MEDIATEK USA INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 22, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$144,250
Spent on own lobbying
General issues related to export controls, including H.R. 1316/S. 744, the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, and issues related to tariffs and foreign direct investment in the U…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
…U.S. foreign assistance for government accountability or transparency programs; Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (H.R.1316).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Defense
$476,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act (H.R. 2246, S. 1053). Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (H.R. 1316, S. 744); policy matters related to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MEDIATEK USA INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: MEDIATEK USA INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$13,775
Spent on own lobbying
General issues related to export controls, including H.R. 1316/S. 744, the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, and issues related to tariffs and foreign direct investment in the U…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MEDIATEK USA INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: PLURUS STRATEGIES, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
General issues related to export controls, including H.R. 1316/S. 744, the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, and issues related to tariffs and foreign direct investment in the U…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 16, 2025 · issue area: Defense
$500,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act (H.R. 2246, S. 1053). Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (H.R. 1316, S. 744); policy matters related to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 16, 2025 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ration to robustly enforce the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (H.R.1316); Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program Act (forthcoming legislation)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing