The Export Controls Enforcement Act would require the Department of Commerce to create an Export Control Officer Program within 90 days of enactment. The Program would run for 5 years and must station at least 20 export control officers at U.S. diplomatic or consular posts abroad. The Secretary of Commerce must appoint a Director from existing Commerce staff within 90 days to hire the officers and coordinate with the Secretary of State so officers cover every region of the world. The bill lists duties for those officers, including managing and conducting end-use checks, advising diplomatic or consular posts, performing industry outreach, liaising with foreign governments, sharing enforcement information with the Bureau, and identifying targets for end-use checks. The bill text also includes findings that the Bureau of Industry and Security used end-use checks to verify exports, processed over 45,000 license applications valued at over $500,000,000,000 in 2024, conducted over 1,400 end-use checks in 60 countries in fiscal year 2024, and had only 11 export control officers stationed in foreign regions as of 2025. The bill states it is the sense of Congress that end-use checks are critical and that the United States needs more export control officers stationed abroad.
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The bill’s findings and "sense of Congress" language state that end-use checks are critical to verify that controlled items are used according to U.S. license requirements and to prevent diversion. Proponents argue the Bureau needs more export control officers abroad because, they say, the Bureau handled large volumes of licensing (over 45,000 applications worth over $500 billion in 2024) while having only 11 officers stationed overseas as of 2025.
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