H.R. 8315 · 118th Congress

ENFORCE Act

Introduced on May 8, 2024 by Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10). 11 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (May 22, 2024): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 8, 2024
Cosponsors
11
4 from the other party
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting United States artificial intelligence and other enabling technologies, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Trade restrictions

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Michael T. McCaulR-TX-10Sponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 8, 2024Introduced in House
  2. May 8, 2024Introduced in House
  3. May 8, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  4. May 22, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. May 22, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. META PLATFORMS, INC.7 reports
    $16.8M reported (all issues)
  2. Google Client Services LLC6 reports
    $9.2M reported (all issues)
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC3 reports
    $13.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. American Civil Liberties Union3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  5. American Security Fund3 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  6. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.3 reports
    $51.1M reported (all issues)
  7. DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.3 reports
  8. Hugging Face, Inc.3 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)
  9. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL3 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. INTEL CORPORATION3 reports
    $4.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTEL CORPORATIONAI match · 99%
  11. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  12. Software & Information Industry Association3 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  13. University of Michigan3 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANAI match · 100%
  14. ARM INC.2 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARM INCAI match · 96%
  15. American Council on Education2 reports
    $151.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION$5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. Association of American Universities2 reports
    $103.5K reported (all issues)
  17. Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. NVIDIA CORPORATION2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  19. Tesla Inc.2 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  20. AMPERE COMPUTING EMPLOYER LLC1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)
  21. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  22. FDD Action1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)
  23. Mozilla Corporation1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  24. SYNOPSYS, INC.1 report
    $330K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SYNOPSYS, INC.$245.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.