Bill raises penalties for breaking U.S. export control laws.
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. · Filed by John Kennedy (R-LA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill makes penalties bigger for breaking export rules. The fixed penalty goes from $300,000 to $1.2 million. The penalty based on sale value goes from two times to four times. These higher penalties apply after the bill becomes law.
Who it affects
Companies and people who export goods are affected. Small businesses may face bigger costs to follow the rules.
One thing to notice
The bill makes some penalties four times higher. This could make companies avoid exporting rather than risk bigger fines.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- export control laws — Rules about what goods and technology the U.S. can sell to other countries.
- penalties — Money fines the government can charge for breaking rules.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (595 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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