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Department of Commerce
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Bureau of Export Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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589 Administration of State Log Exports Ban.............................................. 0694-AB25
590 Licensing of, and Expansion of National Security and Foreign Policy Controls on,
Recoverable Encryption Software....................................................... 0694-AB47
591 Revisions to EAR as a Result of the Addition of Brazil and Ukraine to the Nuclear
Suppliers Group....................................................................... 0694-AB50
592 Revisions to Commerce Control List: Addition of Technology and Software Controls for
Certain Crime Control Commodities..................................................... 0694-AB53
593 Revisions to Antiterrorism Controls.................................................. 0694-AB63
594 Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention; Revisions to the Export
Administration Regulations............................................................ 0694-AB67
595 Exports of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials:
Implementation of Firearms Convention................................................. 0694-AB68
596 Clarification of Reporting Requirements Under the Wassenaar Arrangement.............. 0694-AB72
597 India and Pakistan Sanctions......................................................... 0694-AB73
598 Revocations of Reexport Authorizations Issued Prior to June 15, 1996................. 0694-AB74
599 Revisions to the Commerce Control List: Changes in Missile Technology Controls....... 0694-AB75
600 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Country Groups D:1 and E:2;
License Exception TMP................................................................. 0694-AB76
601 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations; Commerce
Control List.......................................................................... 0694-AB77
602 Exports of High Performance Computers; Revisions..................................... 0694-AB78
603 Exports and Reexports of Explosive Materials; Revision of Foreign Policy Controls.... 0694-AB79
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Bureau of Export Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
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Number Number
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604 Revision of Foreign Boycott Provisions of Export Administration Regulations.......... 0694-AA11
605 Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List..... 0694-AA52
606 Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention........................................ 0694-AB06
607 Transfer of Certain Remote Sensing Satellites From the U.S. Munitions List to the CCL 0694-AB09
608 Clarification of Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI) ``Catch-All''
Provision and Validated License Requirements.......................................... 0694-AB10
609 Libya: Expansion of Foreign Policy Controls.......................................... 0694-AB28
610 Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting
Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A980)................................... 0694-AB41
611 Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations)...................... 0694-AB49
612 Exports of Technology and Software; Release of Technology or Source Code to Foreign
Nationals in the United States........................................................ 0694-AB59
613 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Additions to the Entity List..... 0694-AB60
614 De Minimis Exclusion for Technology and Software..................................... 0694-AB62
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Bureau of Export Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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615 Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)..................................... 0694-AA02
616 Revision to ECCN 1C350 (Mixtures): Removal of Solvent Free Basis Calculation
Requirement and Trace Quantity Exemption.............................................. 0694-AB66
617 Exports to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); Imposition of
Foreign Policy Controls............................................................... 0694-AB69
618 Revisions to the EAR Confirming Revision to the Wassenaar Arrangement List Dual-Use
Items and Antiterrorism Controls...................................................... 0694-AB70
619 Shipper's Export Declaration Requirements for Exports Valued Less Than $2500......... 0694-AB71
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589. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOG EXPORTS BAN
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 1, 1998.
Title 6 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act of 1998 (PL 105-03)
Abstract: The rule will provide the Department of Commerce's
regulations implementing the ban on the export of unprocessed timber
originating from non-Federal public lands in 17 western States,
pursuant to the Forest Resource Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of
1990, as amended (FRCSRA). This rule defines the actions the Department
will take to implement the State log export ban.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 06/07/95 60 FR 30030
ANPRM Comment Period End 07/07/95
Final Action 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Bernard Kritzer, Manager, Short Supply Programs,
Chemical/Biological Control, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0894
Fax: 202 482-0751
RIN: 0694-AB25
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590. LICENSING OF, AND EXPANSION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY
CONTROLS ON, RECOVERABLE ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend the Export Administration Regulations by
imposing enhanced national security and foreign policy controls on
certain recoverable encryption to supplement the national security
controls on those items. This rule will also amend the EAR to exclude
recoverable encryption software from the de minimis provisions for
exports from abroad of foreign-origin software incorporating U.S.-
origin software. In addition, this rule amends the Commerce Control
List by adding ECCNs to control recoverable encryption software
transferred from the U.S. Munitions List.
The December 13, 1996, and December 30, 1996, rules were inadvertently
published with the RIN (regulatory identifier number) 0648-AB09.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Licensing of Key Escrow
Encryption Equipment and
Software 12/13/96 61 FR 65460
Encryption Items Transferred
From the USMC to the CCL 12/30/96 61 FR 68572
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB47
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591. REVISIONS TO EAR AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITION OF BRAZIL AND UKRAINE
TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2570 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 24091 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: As a result of Brazil and Ukraine being admitted to the
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), this rule adds Brazil and Ukraine to
Supplement Number 1 to part 740-, Country Group A, Column A:4 (Nuclear
Suppliers) and removes Brazil and Ukraine from the Commerce Country
Chart, NP Column 1 (Nuclear Nonproliferation). The subscribing
governments have agreed to establish export licensing procedures for
the transfer of items identified on the Annex to the ``Nuclear-Related
Dual-Use Equipment, Materials, and Related Technology List,'' which is
published by the International Atomic Energy Agency and adhered to by
the United States and other subscribing governments in the Nuclear
Suppliers Group.
This action will lessen the administrative burden on U.S. Exporters by
decreasing licensing requirements for exports of items controlled for
nuclear nonproliferation reasons to Brazil and Ukraine.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB50
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592. REVISIONS TO COMMERCE CONTROL LIST: ADDITION OF TECHNOLOGY AND
SOFTWARE CONTROLS FOR CERTAIN CRIME CONTROL COMMODITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2570 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Commerce
Control List (CCL) of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR
parts 730 to 774) to add technology and software controls for certain
crime control commodities.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB53
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593. REVISIONS TO ANTITERRORISM CONTROLS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will revise the antiterrorism provisions of the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The rule will be published in
two parts. The first part makes exports or certain reexports to
entities named on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's list of
Specially Designated Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations a
violation of the EAR, and it is not significant. The second part of the
rule, which is significant, prohibits exports of parts or components
for the service or repair of civil aircraft owned or controlled by the
military of a terrorist-supporting country and expands the list of
items controlled for antiterrorism reasons on the Commerce Control
List.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
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Interim Final Rule 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB63
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594. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION; REVISIONS TO THE
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule implements the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
that affect exports and reexports subject to the jurisdiction of the
Commerce Department by amending the Export Administration Regulations.
Specifically, this rule modifies an existing License Exception to
permit the export of technology to foreign nationals during inspections
of chemical facilities in the U.S. pursuant to the CWC and to permit
the export or reexport of equipment for use in inspections in countries
party to the CWC, adds licensing requirements for certain chemicals
listed in the CWC, adds a requirement for an End-Use Certificate for
exports of certain chemicals to those countries that are not a party to
the CWC, and adds a notification and annual report requirement.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB67
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595. EXPORTS OF FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER
RELATED MATERIALS: IMPLEMENTATION OF FIREARMS CONVENTION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c)EO 11912; EO
12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is revising the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the export control
provisions of the Organization of American States (OAS) Model
Regulations for the Control of the International Movement of Firearms,
their Parts and Components and Ammunition. The OAS Model Regulations
were promulgated based upon the Inter-American Convention Against the
Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition,
Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Firearms Convention).
Convention signatories agreed to effectively combat the illicit
manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives,
and other related materials (collectively referred to as ``firearms'')
because of the links such activities have to drug trafficking,
terrorism, transnational organized crime, and mercenary and other
criminal activities by imposing an export license and import
certificate requirement for the import and export of firearms.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB68
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596. CLARIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 15, 1998, the Bureau of Export Administration
(BXA) published an interim final rule (63 FR 4252) implementing the
Wassenaar Arrangement list of dual-use items and reporting requirements
under the Wassenaar Arrangement. This rule provides clarification on
the reporting requirements under the Wassenaar Arrangement.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB72
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597. AND PAKISTAN SANCTIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On June 18, 1998, the Administration announced additional
details of the sanctions imposed on India and Pakistan in response to
their recent detonation of nuclear devices. The President had
previously determined and reported to Congress, under the authority of
section 102 of the Arms Export Control Act, that the Indian and Pakistani
activities had violated the Act and sanctions were required.
Under the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of
Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is revising the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the license requirements and
set forth licensing policy for exports and reexports of most items
controlled for nuclear nonproliferation and missile technology to India
and Pakistan. Under the provisions of the Export Administration Act
(EAA), BXA is revising the EAR to expand the license requirements and
set forth licensing policy for exports and reexports of high
performance computers to India and Pakistan. In addition, Indian and
Pakistani government entities involved in nuclear or missile activities
will be added to the Entity List. Additional military and private
entities located in India and Pakistan will be added to the Entity List
in the near future.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB73
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598. OF REEXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS ISSUED PRIOR TO JUNE 15, 1996
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export
Administration Regulations by issuing General Order No. 1 revoking all
reexport authorizations issued prior to June 15, 1996 that do not
contain any license validity period.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB74
_______________________________________________________________________
599. REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST: CHANGES IN MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the
Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to
Department of Commerce export controls. This rule amends the CCL by
revising a number of items subject to control for missile technology
reasons. These changes to the CCL are the result of the Missile
Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Technical Experts Meeting in November
1997. The changes made by this rule are intended to conform the list of
missile technology-related items controlled by the United States to the
list agreed to and adopted by the countries participating in the MTCR.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB75
_______________________________________________________________________
600. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS;
COUNTRY GROUPS D:1 AND E:2; LICENSE EXCEPTION TMP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The interim final rule amends the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) by revising Country Group E:1 to include all
terrorist-supporting countries, and replacing references to Cuba, Iran,
Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria with Country Group E:1 where
appropriate. This rule also amends the EAR by removing restrictions on
Country Group D:1 for General Prohibition Eight - Intransit Shipments
and items to be unladen from vessels or aircraft, and License Exception
TMP for tools of trade and exhibition and demonstration, clarifies the
scope of License Exception TMP for encryption software, and provides a
definition for ``effective control'' of tools of trade exported under
License Exception TMP.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB76
_______________________________________________________________________
601. REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS; COMMERCE CONTROL LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 744
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 15, 1998, the Bureau of Export Administration
(BXA) published an interim final rule (63 FR 2452) that implemented the
Wassenaar Arrangement list of dual-use items and reporting requirements
under the Wassenaar Arrangement. The interim final rule revised the
Commerce Control List by making revisions to implement the Wassenaar
Arrangement. This rule amends the Commerce Control List by making
revisions and clarifications and, in some cases, inserts material
inadvertently omitted from the January 15 interim.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB77
_______________________________________________________________________
602. EXPORTS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) by revising the requirements for
exports of high-performance computers. This rule revises post-shipment
verification reporting procedures originally implemented as a result of
the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 1998
(P.L. 105-85, 111 Stat. 1629).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB78
_______________________________________________________________________
603. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; REVISION OF
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations by
imposing a new licensing requirement on the export and reexport of
explosive material (not elsewhere controlled on the Commerce Control
List), and products incorporating those materials as described by
Export Control Classification Number 1C998 to Iran, Sudan, and Syria
for antiterrorism reasons. License applications to Iran and Sudan will
be subject to a general policy of denial in accordance with the
comprehensive U.S. embargoes to those countries. License applications
to Syria will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, with a policy of
denial to military end-uses and end-users.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB79
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604. REVISION OF FOREIGN BOYCOTT PROVISIONS OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 760
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/26/89 54 FR 39415
NPRM Comment Period End 10/26/89
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dexter M. Price
Phone: 202 482-5914
Fax: 202 482-0913
RIN: 0694-AA11
_______________________________________________________________________
605. TRANSFER OF DUAL-USE ITEMS FROM U.S. MUNITIONS LIST TO THE COMMERCE
CONTROL LIST
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 799.1
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Transfer of Communications
Satellites 10/23/92 57 FR 48312
Navigation and Avionics 06/23/93 58 FR 34211
Final Rule: Transfer of
Commercial Communication
Satellites 09/08/93 58 FR 47322
Transfer of Items From the USMI
to the CCL; Imposition of
Certain Foreign Policy Controls 10/26/93 58 FR 57549
Satellite Fuel 09/29/97 62 FR 50865
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: jlewis@bxa.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AA52
_______________________________________________________________________
606. IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 12/23/94 59 FR 66291
ANPRM Comment Period End 01/23/95
NPRM 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB06
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607. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES FROM THE U.S.
MUNITIONS LIST TO THE CCL
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Interim Final Rule 10/21/96 61 FR 54540
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: jlewis@bxa.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB09
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608. CLARIFICATION OF ENHANCED PROLIFERATION CONTROL INITIATIVE (EPCI)
``CATCH-ALL'' PROVISION AND VALIDATED LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB10
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609. LIBYA: EXPANSION OF FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB28
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610. CHANGE THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO REVISE CONTROLS ON
COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTING DEVICES (EXPORT COMMERCE CONTROL NUMBER ECCN
5A980)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: jlewis@bxa.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB41
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611. CLARIFICATION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GFT (HUMANITARIAN DONATIONS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB49
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612. EXPORTS OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE; RELEASE OF TECHNOLOGY OR SOURCE
CODE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB59
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613. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS; ADDITIONS TO
THE ENTITY LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Addition to Entity List 05/16/97 62 FR 26922
Addition to Entity List 06/30/97 62 FR 35334
Addition to Entity List 06/30/97 62 FR 35335
Revision to Entity List 10/01/97 62 FR 51369
Addition to Entity List Russian
Entities 07/29/98 63 FR 40363
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB60
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614. DE MINIMIS EXCLUSION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB62
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Bureau of Export Administration--Completed Actions
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615. DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM (DPAS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/11/98 63 FR 31918
Final Action Effective 07/13/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Richard V. Meyers
Phone: 202 482-3634
Fax: 202 482-5650
Email: rmeyers@bxa.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AA02
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616. REVISION TO ECCN 1C350 (MIXTURES): REMOVAL OF SOLVENT FREE BASIS
CALCULATION REQUIREMENT AND TRACE QUANTITY EXEMPTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/24/98 63 FR 14028
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB66
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617. EXPORTS TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND
MONTENEGRO); IMPOSITION OF FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Reacting to the use of excessive force by Serbian police
forces against civilians in Kosovo, as well as acts of violence by the
Kosovan Albanian extremists, and fulfilling United States obligations
to implement an international arms embargo mandated by the United
Nations Security Council, the United States has banned the sale and
supply of arms and related material of all types to the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). To supplement the State
Department controls on items on the U.S. Munitions List, the Bureau of
Export Administration is designating certain items on the Commercial
Control List that are subject to the arms embargo and establishing a
policy of denial to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and
Montenegro) on such items. No embargoed items may be exported to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) under any
License Exception, including shipments of limited value (LVS).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/14/98 63 FR 37767
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB69
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618. REVISIONS TO THE EAR CONFIRMING REVISION TO THE WASSENAAR
ARRANGEMENT LIST DUAL-USE ITEMS AND ANTITERRORISM CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(c); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 15, 1998, the Bureau of Export Administration
published an interim final rule (63 FR 2452) implementing the Wassenaar
Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items. Implementation of the Wassenaar
List resulted in a number of changes to the Commerce Control List
(CCL). The major changes involved the removal of national security
controls on certain items, while maintaining controls on these items
for antiterrorism reasons.
Consistent with this revision, various antiterrorism Export Control
Classification Numbers (ECCNs) were enlarged to accommodate the items
removed from national security controls. An easy-to-follow pattern was
developed to track the movement of these items. Items formerly
classified as XX001 now default to an XX991 entry. In addition, the
January 15 rule moved items from one ECCN into another or merged two or
more ECCNs together. This was done to simplify the CCL and place
together items that fall within the same general category. For example,
ECCN 9A992 (off-highway tractors) was merged with ECCN 9A993 (on-
highway tractors) to form part of a new ECCN 9A990 that also includes
diesel engines.
This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by making
the necessary comforming revision throughout the text of the EAR,
consistent with the January 15 revisions to the CCL.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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619. SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPORTS
VALUED LESS THAN $2500
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: To further the Bureau of Export Administration's efforts in
harmonizing the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) with the Bureau
of the Census Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations, this final rule
amends the EAR by revising the Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)
provisions to expand the country scope of the $2500 exemption for
filing an SED with the Bureau of the Census. This final rule also
clarifies that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule number may be used in
lieu of the Schedule B number on the SED.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/27/98 63 FR 45698
Final Action Effective 08/27/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB71
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