License Monopoly Prevention Act of 2025

This bill changes the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 for licenses to export, reexport, or transfer within a country certain emerging and foundational technologies. Before granting a license, the Commerce Department's Under Secretary for Industry and Security would have to review whether it would be the only license for that technology to a given end user or end use. The license could be issued only if the Under Secretary certifies to Senate and House committees that no other application was received, or that competing applications involve separate technologies. The review would be done in consultation with the Under Secretary for International Trade. After a sole license is issued, later applications for the same technology would have to be approved unless they create a unique risk that was not present when the first license was issued.

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Sponsors

• Rick Scott Republican sponsor
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