Requires the Commerce Department's export control chief to consider whether a proposed export license would be the first authorization for an item sent to a particular buyer, and to report annually to Congress on such first-time licenses.

• Directs the Under Secretary for Industry and Security to consider whether a requested license would be the first authorization for an item sent to a given ultimate consignee or end user.
• Asks the Under Secretary to process later applications for the same or a similar item to the same end user in a timely manner.
• Requires an annual report, starting one year after enactment, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Banking Committee on initial licenses that drew other applications.
• States that nothing requires delaying or granting a license decision contrary to national security or foreign policy interests, and requires a report within 90 days on how the Under Secretary is carrying out the timely-processing provision.

• Foreign Affairs Committee (House)

Foreign Trade and International Finance