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S 4883 119th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance

A bill to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under that Act.

Introduced: June 24, 2026 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jun 24, 2026
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill increases civil penalties for violations of U.S. export control laws. 

Specifically, the bill increases the maximum statutory civil penalty for each violation of any regulation, order, or license issued under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) to $1.2 million or four times the value of the transaction, whichever is greater. (Currently, the maximum statutory civil penalty for each violation of ECRA is $300,000 or twice the value of the transaction, whichever is greater. The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security adjusts this maximum amount annually for inflation.)

What's happening now June 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4883: A bill to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under that Act.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4883/
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"S. 4883: A bill to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under that Act.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4883/.
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S. 4883, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4883/.
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