BIS License Fee Prohibition Act

HR 5955, the BIS License Fee Prohibition Act, prohibits the U.S. government from collecting fees related to export licenses under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018. It requires the Commerce Department to refund all fees collected before or on the bill’s enactment date within 30 days to license holders, and bans future fees tied to export authorizations. The bill directly affects companies that hold export licenses for dual-use technologies, ensuring they are not charged for processing or maintaining these licenses. It clarifies that existing law (Section 1756 of ECRA 2018) already prohibits such fees, with no new export fee authority permitted.