Requires that export license disputes involving countries under a comprehensive U.S. arms embargo, including Russia, be decided by the interagency committee, and lets the committee chair decide those cases when members cannot reach a majority vote.

Official title: Export Dispute Resolution Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 17-MAR-2026

Referred 17-MAR-2026

Approved by committee 22-APR-2026

Key points

Adds countries under a comprehensive U.S. arms embargo, plus the Russian Federation, to the export matters the interagency committee must decide under Section 1763(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
Defines covered countries by reference to table 1 to paragraph (d)(1) of section 126.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the day before the amendment's enactment.
Changes the committee's standard from "may be decided" to "shall be decided."
Authorizes the committee chair to decide a covered case when the committee cannot reach a majority vote.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor Richard McCormick (R-GA) Cosponsors · 1

■ 1 R

1 Republican

congress.gov page Introduced in House (17-MAR-2026)