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Committee backs extending export-control statute of limitations to 10 years

House Committee on Foreign Affairs · April 22, 2026
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Summary

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to report HR 8202, which would extend the statute of limitations for civil and criminal export-control violations from five to ten years, citing complex schemes and lengthy investigations that can take years to unravel.

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs moved HR 8202 forward after members said current five-year limits are inadequate to prosecute complex export-control schemes.

Chair (speaker 1) called up HR 8202 to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and said export-control investigations ‘‘can take years to detect,…

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