License fees prohibited

(a) Prohibition No amount may be collected by the Federal Government after the date of the enactment of this Act in the form of revenue-sharing, fees, or any other monetary arrangement subject to or conditional upon which a person receives or maintains the ability to benefit from a license or other authorization under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018. (b) Limitation No amount collected before, on, or after such date of enactment in any manner described in subsection (a) may be obligated or expended for any purpose other than to be returned to the holder of the license under subsection (c). (c) Compensation Not later than 30 days after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall return to or pay the holder of each applicable license or other authorization with respect to which any amount was collected before or on the date of such enactment in any manner described in subsection (a) the full amount so collected. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the implementation of any export fee on semiconductors or otherwise indicate that such fee is consistent with the requirements of the Constitution or of section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 50 U.S.C. 4815).