Interagency Coordination in Export Controls Act of 2026

HR8036, the Interagency Coordination in Export Controls Act of 2026, was reported out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on April 22, 2026, by a vote of 25-19, and now awaits floor action in the House. The bill amends the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to grant the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy the authority to propose new or amended rules to the Export Administration Review Board. It also requires the Secretary of State to evaluate China's military-civil fusion strategy. This is a procedural authorization bill — it authorizes zero direct funding. It does NOT appropriate money, create a new spending program, or provide grants or loans. Its impact mechanism is entirely regulatory: it expands the pool of agencies that can initiate export control rulemaking and mandates a formal review of a specific national security concern. Actual changes to export controls would require subsequent rulemaking by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Export Administration Review Board. The bill also requires evaluation of China's military-civil fusion strategy, which could inform future extraterritorial controls or entity list expansions. The most directly affected group is U.S. semiconductor capital equipment companies — AMAT, KLAC, LRCX — which derive 30-40% of revenue from China. If the bill leads to expanded restrictions on advanced deposition, etch, and inspection tools, these companies face lost revenue. NVDA is also exposed if further restrictions are placed on AI chips exported to China. Defense prime contractors (LMT, NOC, RTX, BA) are listed but have no direct financial exposure because the bill is procedural and carries no appropriations or near-term regulatory changes. The legislative path: the bill must pass the House, then the Senate, then be signed by the President. The partisan 25-19 committee vote signals likely opposition but possible passage. No companion Senate bill has been introduced yet. The Presidential actions from April 20, 2026, invoking the Defense Production Act for energy infrastructure, are not directly relevant to this export control bill — they address domestic energy production and grid components, not export controls or China strategy.