BIS Makes Technical EAR Updates to Comply with Presidential Renewal

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security updated (here) the Export Administration Regulations to comply with President Barack Obama’s executive action to renew those controls in early August (here). The Export Administration Act last lapsed in 2001, so the president annually invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to extend the controls. The BIS updates to the EAR are technical and do not change the text or application of the controls.