State, Commerce Finalize Second Set of USML-CCL Moves

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released rule changes on July 5 for export controls on certain military vehicles, water vessels and related items that will now be transferred to the Commerce Control List (CCL) from the United States Munitions List (USML) (here). The State Department concurrently published a rule revising USML Categories VII, VI, XX, and XIII that oversee equipment the president determines warrant USML control (here). Set to become final July 8 and take effect 180 days later, the rules are a part of President Obama’s Export Control Reform (ECR) Initiative.