HR 8202 Cleared committee

Extends the time the government has to bring civil penalties and criminal charges for export control violations from five years to ten years.

Official title: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations.

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions

House

Introduced 06-APR-2026

Referred 06-APR-2026

Approved by committee 22-APR-2026

Key points

Sets a 10-year limit for starting civil enforcement actions over export control violations, counted from the date of the violation
Counts the start of a civil action to include the issuance of a charging letter
Sets a 10-year limit for indicting or charging a person criminally under the Export Control Reform Act, counted from the latest date of the violation

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 06-APR-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov

Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) Cosponsors · 3

■ 2 D■ 1 R

2 Democrats

1 Republican

congress.gov page Introduced in House (06-APR-2026)