State Temporarily Modifies USML to Reinsert Controls on Intelligence Analytics Software

The State Department on July 2 issued a final rule temporarily modifying the U.S. Munitions List so that a change that took effect in December does not inadvertently remove controls on certain intelligence analytics software (here). According to State, a final rule modifying Category XI of the USML and moving certain items to the Commerce Control List (see 1412310014) may have inadvertently given the impression that the intelligence analytics are not controlled on the USML. Effective July 2, State is reinserting language to clarify that the items are still controlled on the USML. The changes are in effect until Dec. 29, 2015 “while a long term solution is developed.”